#AE8430#AE8430

#AE8430 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.112 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8430
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 48)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 7.62, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 50.10, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.0169 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.112 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2420, 25.7165, 6.3774)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8430 #305AAE

analogous

#AE4530 #AE8430 #99AE30

triadic

#AE8430 #30AE84 #8430AE

tetradic

#AE8430 #30AE45 #305AAE #AE3099

square

#AE8430 #30AE45 #305AAE #AE3099

split-complementary

#AE8430 #3099AE #4530AE

monochromatic

#4E3B16 #7E6023 #AE8430 #CEA34D #DBBC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE8430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AE8430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8430

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8430	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.112 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa76d',
    500: '#ae8430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8430;
$custom-light: #caa76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63873,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8430

secondary

#7690C4

accent

#7BE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8430

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

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