#AE8138#AE8138

#AE8138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8138
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 9.74, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 46.16, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0241 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.105 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0212, 24.9866, 7.1930)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8138 #3865AE

analogous

#AE4638 #AE8138 #A0AE38

triadic

#AE8138 #38AE81 #8138AE

tetradic

#AE8138 #38AE46 #3865AE #AE38A0

square

#AE8138 #38AE46 #3865AE #AE38A0

split-complementary

#AE8138 #38A0AE #4638AE

monochromatic

#513C1A #805F29 #AE8138 #CA9F59 #D9BA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AE8138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AE8138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8138

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8138	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa572',
    500: '#ae8138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8138;
$custom-light: #caa572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.119,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63344,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8138

secondary

#7F99C3

accent

#83DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8138

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

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