#AE8438#AE8438

#AE8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.106 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8438
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 8.06, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 46.66, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.0192 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.106 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4222, 25.7886, 7.3267)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8438 #3862AE

analogous

#AE4938 #AE8438 #9DAE38

triadic

#AE8438 #38AE84 #8438AE

tetradic

#AE8438 #38AE49 #3862AE #AE389D

square

#AE8438 #38AE49 #3862AE #AE389D

split-complementary

#AE8438 #389DAE #4938AE

monochromatic

#513E1A #806129 #AE8438 #CAA259 #D9BC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AE8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8438

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8438	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)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.106 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa772',
    500: '#ae8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8438;
$custom-light: #caa772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.644,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63949,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8438

secondary

#7F97C3

accent

#7FDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8438

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

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