#AE8432#AE8432

#AE8432 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8432
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 7.72, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 49.26, 80.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0174 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.11 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2842, 25.7334, 6.5997)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8432 #325CAE

analogous

#AE4632 #AE8432 #9AAE32

triadic

#AE8432 #32AE84 #8432AE

tetradic

#AE8432 #32AE46 #325CAE #AE329A

square

#AE8432 #32AE46 #325CAE #AE329A

split-complementary

#AE8432 #329AAE #4632AE

monochromatic

#4F3C17 #7E6024 #AE8432 #CDA350 #DABC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE8432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AE8432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8432

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8432	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa76e',
    500: '#ae8432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8432;
$custom-light: #caa76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63891,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8432

secondary

#7892C4

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8432

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

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