#AE8437#AE8437

#AE8437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8437
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 8.00, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 47.10, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0189 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.107 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3980, 25.7789, 7.1992)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8437 #3761AE

analogous

#AE4937 #AE8437 #9CAE37

triadic

#AE8437 #37AE84 #8437AE

tetradic

#AE8437 #37AE49 #3761AE #AE379C

square

#AE8437 #37AE49 #3761AE #AE379C

split-complementary

#AE8437 #379CAE #4937AE

monochromatic

#513D1A #7F6128 #AE8437 #CAA258 #D9BC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AE8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8437

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8437	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa771',
    500: '#ae8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8437;
$custom-light: #caa771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63939,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8437

secondary

#7E96C3

accent

#7FDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8437

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

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