#AE8531#AE8531

#AE8531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.111 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8531
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 7.11, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 49.86, 81.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0155 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.111 82)
XYZ	xyz(26.3991, 25.9974, 6.5327)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8531 #315AAE

analogous

#AE4631 #AE8531 #98AE31

triadic

#AE8531 #31AE85 #8531AE

tetradic

#AE8531 #31AE46 #315AAE #AE3198

square

#AE8531 #31AE46 #315AAE #AE3198

split-complementary

#AE8531 #3198AE #4631AE

monochromatic

#4E3C16 #7E6024 #AE8531 #CDA44F #DBBD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AE8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8531

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8531	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)

#968526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.111 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86e',
    500: '#ae8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8531;
$custom-light: #caa86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.32,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.25995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8531

secondary

#7790C4

accent

#7ADF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8531

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

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