#AE8136#AE8136

#AE8136 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8136
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 9.62, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 47.04, 78.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0235 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.107 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9733, 24.9675, 6.9405)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8136 #3663AE

analogous

#AE4536 #AE8136 #9FAE36

triadic

#AE8136 #36AE81 #8136AE

tetradic

#AE8136 #36AE45 #3663AE #AE369F

square

#AE8136 #36AE45 #3663AE #AE369F

split-complementary

#AE8136 #369FAE #4536AE

monochromatic

#513C19 #7F5E28 #AE8136 #CB9F56 #D9BA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AE8136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#AE8136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8136

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8136	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa571',
    500: '#ae8136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8136;
$custom-light: #caa571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63323,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8136

secondary

#7D97C3

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8136

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

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