#AE8434#AE8434

#AE8434 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8434
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 52)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 7.83, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 48.41, 80.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.018 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.109 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3283, 25.7510, 6.8319)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8434 #345EAE

analogous

#AE4734 #AE8434 #9BAE34

triadic

#AE8434 #34AE84 #8434AE

tetradic

#AE8434 #34AE47 #345EAE #AE349B

square

#AE8434 #34AE47 #345EAE #AE349B

split-complementary

#AE8434 #349BAE #4734AE

monochromatic

#503D18 #7F6026 #AE8434 #CCA253 #DABC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE8434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AE8434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8434

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8434	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#95852A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa770',
    500: '#ae8434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8434;
$custom-light: #caa770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.344,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6391,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8434

secondary

#7B94C3

accent

#7DDD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8434

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

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