#AE8236#AE8236

#AE8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.107 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8236
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 9.06, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 47.20, 78.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0219 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.107 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1057, 25.2322, 6.9847)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8236 #3662AE

analogous

#AE4636 #AE8236 #9EAE36

triadic

#AE8236 #36AE82 #8236AE

tetradic

#AE8236 #36AE46 #3662AE #AE369E

square

#AE8236 #36AE46 #3662AE #AE369E

split-complementary

#AE8236 #369EAE #4636AE

monochromatic

#513C19 #7F5F28 #AE8236 #CBA056 #D9BA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AE8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#AE8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8236

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8236	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.107 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa671',
    500: '#ae8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8236;
$custom-light: #caa671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8236

secondary

#7D97C3

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8236

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

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