#AE8530#AE8530

#AE8530 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.112 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8530
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 7.06, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 50.28, 81.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0153 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.112 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3782, 25.9890, 6.4228)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8530 #3059AE

analogous

#AE4630 #AE8530 #98AE30

triadic

#AE8530 #30AE85 #8530AE

tetradic

#AE8530 #30AE46 #3059AE #AE3098

square

#AE8530 #30AE46 #3059AE #AE3098

split-complementary

#AE8530 #3098AE #4630AE

monochromatic

#4E3C16 #7E6023 #AE8530 #CEA44D #DBBD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AE8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8530

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8530	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.112 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86d',
    500: '#ae8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8530;
$custom-light: #caa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.476,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64077,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8530

secondary

#768FC4

accent

#79E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8530

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

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