#AE8525#AE8525

#AE8525 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.119 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8525
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 37)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 6.56, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 54.54, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0125 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.119 84)
XYZ	xyz(26.1787, 25.9092, 5.3721)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8525 #254EAE

analogous

#AE4125 #AE8525 #93AE25

triadic

#AE8525 #25AE85 #8525AE

tetradic

#AE8525 #25AE41 #254EAE #AE2593

square

#AE8525 #25AE41 #254EAE #AE2593

split-complementary

#AE8525 #2593AE #4125AE

monochromatic

#493810 #7C5E1A #AE8525 #D5A73B #E0BE6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE8525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8525

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8525	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)

#978513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.119 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba867',
    500: '#ae8525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8525;
$custom-light: #cba867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63993,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.25907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8525

secondary

#6884C6

accent

#72E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8525

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

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