#AE7038#AE7038

#AE7038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.106 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7038
RGB	rgb(174, 112, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 19.27, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 44.80, 64.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.0523 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.106 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9653, 20.8747, 6.5077)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7038 #3876AE

analogous

#AE383B #AE7038 #AEAB38

triadic

#AE7038 #38AE70 #7038AE

tetradic

#AE7038 #3BAE38 #3876AE #AB38AE

square

#AE7038 #3BAE38 #3876AE #AB38AE

split-complementary

#AE7038 #38AEAB #383BAE

monochromatic

#51341A #805229 #AE7038 #CA8F59 #D9AE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AE7038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#AE7038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7038

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7038	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 112, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.106 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9971',
    500: '#ae7038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7038;
$custom-light: #cb9971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.475,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60033,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7038

secondary

#7FA3C3

accent

#98DB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7038

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

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