#AE8524#AE8524

#AE8524 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.119 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8524
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 6.52, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 54.90, 83.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0123 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.119 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1632, 25.9030, 5.2905)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8524 #244DAE

analogous

#AE4024 #AE8524 #92AE24

triadic

#AE8524 #24AE85 #8524AE

tetradic

#AE8524 #24AE40 #244DAE #AE2492

square

#AE8524 #24AE40 #244DAE #AE2492

split-complementary

#AE8524 #2492AE #4024AE

monochromatic

#49370F #7B5E1A #AE8524 #D6A739 #E1BE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8524

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8524	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)

#978511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.119 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba867',
    500: '#ae8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8524;
$custom-light: #cba867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63987,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8524

secondary

#6783C7

accent

#72E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8524

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

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