#AE8235#AE8235

#AE8235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.108 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8235
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 9.00, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 47.63, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0216 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.108 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0824, 25.2229, 6.8622)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8235 #3561AE

analogous

#AE4635 #AE8235 #9EAE35

triadic

#AE8235 #35AE82 #8235AE

tetradic

#AE8235 #35AE46 #3561AE #AE359E

square

#AE8235 #35AE46 #3561AE #AE359E

split-complementary

#AE8235 #359EAE #4635AE

monochromatic

#503C18 #7F5F27 #AE8235 #CBA055 #DABA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AE8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AE8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8235

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8235	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#93832C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.108 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa670',
    500: '#ae8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8235;
$custom-light: #caa670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8235

secondary

#7C96C3

accent

#80DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8235

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

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