#AE8233#AE8233

#AE8233 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.109 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8233
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 51)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 8.89, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 48.49, 79.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.021 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.109 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0374, 25.2049, 6.6250)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8233 #335FAE

analogous

#AE4533 #AE8233 #9DAE33

triadic

#AE8233 #33AE82 #8233AE

tetradic

#AE8233 #33AE45 #335FAE #AE339D

square

#AE8233 #33AE45 #335FAE #AE339D

split-complementary

#AE8233 #339DAE #4533AE

monochromatic

#4F3B17 #7F5F25 #AE8233 #CCA152 #DABA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AE8233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AE8233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8233

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8233	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)

#938329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.109 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa66f',
    500: '#ae8233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8233;
$custom-light: #caa66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63495,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8233

secondary

#7994C3

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8233

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

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