#AE8431#AE8431

#AE8431 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.111 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8431
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 7.67, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 49.68, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0172 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.111 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2628, 25.7249, 6.4873)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8431 #315BAE

analogous

#AE4531 #AE8431 #99AE31

triadic

#AE8431 #31AE84 #8431AE

tetradic

#AE8431 #31AE45 #315BAE #AE3199

square

#AE8431 #31AE45 #315BAE #AE3199

split-complementary

#AE8431 #3199AE #4531AE

monochromatic

#4E3C16 #7E6024 #AE8431 #CDA34F #DBBC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE8431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AE8431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8431

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8431	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)

#958526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.111 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa76e',
    500: '#ae8431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8431;
$custom-light: #caa76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63882,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8431

secondary

#7791C4

accent

#7BDF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8431

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

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