#AE8436#AE8436

#AE8436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.108 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8436
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 7.95, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 47.54, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0186 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.108 80)
XYZ	xyz(26.3743, 25.7694, 7.0742)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8436 #3660AE

analogous

#AE4836 #AE8436 #9CAE36

triadic

#AE8436 #36AE84 #8436AE

tetradic

#AE8436 #36AE48 #3660AE #AE369C

square

#AE8436 #36AE48 #3660AE #AE369C

split-complementary

#AE8436 #369CAE #4836AE

monochromatic

#513D19 #7F6128 #AE8436 #CBA256 #D9BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AE8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8436

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8436	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)

#95852D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.108 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa771',
    500: '#ae8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8436;
$custom-light: #caa771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63929,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.25768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8436

secondary

#7D95C3

accent

#7EDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8436

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

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