#AE8339#AE8339

#AE8339 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8339
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 8.68, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 46.04, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.0212 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.105 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3120, 25.5286, 7.4118)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8339 #3964AE

analogous

#AE4939 #AE8339 #9EAE39

triadic

#AE8339 #39AE83 #8339AE

tetradic

#AE8339 #39AE49 #3964AE #AE399E

square

#AE8339 #39AE49 #3964AE #AE399E

split-complementary

#AE8339 #399EAE #4939AE

monochromatic

#523E1B #80602A #AE8339 #C9A15B #D8BB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AE8339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AE8339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8339

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8339	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa673',
    500: '#ae8339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8339;
$custom-light: #caa673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.949,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63757,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8339

secondary

#8099C3

accent

#81DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8339

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

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