#AE8523#AE8523

#AE8523 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8523
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 6.49, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 55.25, 83.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0121 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.12 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1482, 25.8970, 5.2112)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8523 #234CAE

analogous

#AE3F23 #AE8523 #91AE23

triadic

#AE8523 #23AE85 #8523AE

tetradic

#AE8523 #23AE3F #234CAE #AE2391

square

#AE8523 #23AE3F #234CAE #AE2391

split-complementary

#AE8523 #2391AE #3F23AE

monochromatic

#48370F #7B5E19 #AE8523 #D7A837 #E1BE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8523

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8523	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba866',
    500: '#ae8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8523;
$custom-light: #cba866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8523

secondary

#6682C7

accent

#71E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8523

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

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