#AE8232#AE8232

#AE8232 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8232
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 8.84, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 48.92, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0207 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.11 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0156, 25.1962, 6.5101)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8232 #325EAE

analogous

#AE4432 #AE8232 #9CAE32

triadic

#AE8232 #32AE82 #8232AE

tetradic

#AE8232 #32AE44 #325EAE #AE329C

square

#AE8232 #32AE44 #325EAE #AE329C

split-complementary

#AE8232 #329CAE #4432AE

monochromatic

#4F3B17 #7E5E24 #AE8232 #CDA150 #DABA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AE8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AE8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8232

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8232	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)

#938328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa66e',
    500: '#ae8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8232;
$custom-light: #caa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8232

secondary

#7893C4

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8232

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

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