#AE6538#AE6538

#AE6538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.112 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6538
RGB	rgb(174, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 25.40, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 45.30, 55.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.0707 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.112 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8249, 18.5939, 6.1276)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6538 #3881AE

analogous

#AE3846 #AE6538 #AEA038

triadic

#AE6538 #38AE65 #6538AE

tetradic

#AE6538 #46AE38 #3881AE #A038AE

square

#AE6538 #46AE38 #3881AE #A038AE

split-complementary

#AE6538 #38AEA0 #3846AE

monochromatic

#512F1A #804A29 #AE6538 #CA8459 #D9A788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AE6538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AE6538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6538

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6538	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.112 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9170',
    500: '#ae6538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6538;
$custom-light: #cb9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.881,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58022,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6538

secondary

#7FA9C3

accent

#A5DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6538

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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