#AE8342#AE8342

#AE8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.098 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8342
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 9.29, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 41.93, 77.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0242 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.098 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5567, 25.6265, 8.7009)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8342 #426DAE

analogous

#AE4D42 #AE8342 #A3AE42

triadic

#AE8342 #42AE83 #8342AE

tetradic

#AE8342 #42AE4D #426DAE #AE42A3

square

#AE8342 #42AE4D #426DAE #AE42A3

split-complementary

#AE8342 #42A3AE #4D42AE

monochromatic

#554020 #826231 #AE8342 #C6A068 #D6BC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8342

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8342	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.098 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a678',
    500: '#ae8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8342;
$custom-light: #c9a678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63861,
    "c": 0.098,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8342

secondary

#8AA0C2

accent

#87D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8342

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

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