#AE8038#AE8038

#AE8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8038
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 10.30, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 46.01, 77.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0258 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.105 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8902, 24.7245, 7.1493)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8038 #3866AE

analogous

#AE4538 #AE8038 #A1AE38

triadic

#AE8038 #38AE80 #8038AE

tetradic

#AE8038 #38AE45 #3866AE #AE38A1

square

#AE8038 #38AE45 #3866AE #AE38A1

split-complementary

#AE8038 #38A1AE #4538AE

monochromatic

#513C1A #805E29 #AE8038 #CA9E59 #D9B988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AE8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#AE8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8038

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8038	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa472',
    500: '#ae8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8038;
$custom-light: #caa472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8038

secondary

#7F99C3

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8038

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

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