#AE8338#AE8338

#AE8338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.106 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8338
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 8.62, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 46.48, 79.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0209 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.106 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2873, 25.5187, 7.2817)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8338 #3863AE

analogous

#AE4838 #AE8338 #9EAE38

triadic

#AE8338 #38AE83 #8338AE

tetradic

#AE8338 #38AE48 #3863AE #AE389E

square

#AE8338 #38AE48 #3863AE #AE389E

split-complementary

#AE8338 #389EAE #4838AE

monochromatic

#513D1A #806029 #AE8338 #CAA159 #D9BB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AE8338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AE8338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8338

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8338	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.106 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa672',
    500: '#ae8338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8338;
$custom-light: #caa672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.136,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63747,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8338

secondary

#7F98C3

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8338

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

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