#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
RGBrgb(174, 133, 36)
HSLhsl(42, 66%, 41%)
HSVhsv(42, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.6%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.94, 6.52, 54.51)
CIE-LCHlch(57.94, 54.90, 83.17°)
OKLaboklab(63.99% 0.0123 0.1185)
OKLCHoklch(63.99% 0.119 84.1)
XYZxyz(26.1632, 25.9030, 5.2905)
Luminance0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AE85241.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

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

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#AE8524 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva