#AE8231#AE8231

#AE8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8231
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 8.78, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 49.34, 79.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0204 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.11 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9942, 25.1876, 6.3978)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8231 #315DAE

analogous

#AE4331 #AE8231 #9BAE31

triadic

#AE8231 #31AE82 #8231AE

tetradic

#AE8231 #31AE43 #315DAE #AE319B

square

#AE8231 #31AE43 #315DAE #AE319B

split-complementary

#AE8231 #319BAE #4331AE

monochromatic

#4E3B16 #7E5E24 #AE8231 #CDA14F #DBBA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AE8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AE8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8231

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8231	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa66e',
    500: '#ae8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8231;
$custom-light: #caa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63477,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8231

secondary

#7792C4

accent

#7EDF48

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8231

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

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