#AE803B#AE803B

#AE803B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE803B
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 10.49, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 44.67, 76.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0267 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.103 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9657, 24.7547, 7.5474)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE803B #3B69AE

analogous

#AE463B #AE803B #A2AE3B

triadic

#AE803B #3BAE80 #803BAE

tetradic

#AE803B #3BAE46 #3B69AE #AE3BA2

square

#AE803B #3BAE46 #3B69AE #AE3BA2

split-complementary

#AE803B #3BA2AE #463BAE

monochromatic

#533D1C #805E2C #AE803B #C89E5E #D8B98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AE803B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#AE803B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE803B

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE803B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE803B	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae803b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa474',
    500: '#ae803b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae803b;
$custom-light: #caa474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae803b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE803B

secondary

#829CC2

accent

#86D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE803B

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

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