#AE8532#AE8532

#AE8532 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.111 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8532
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 7.17, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 49.44, 81.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0158 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.111 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4204, 26.0059, 6.6451)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8532 #325BAE

analogous

#AE4732 #AE8532 #99AE32

triadic

#AE8532 #32AE85 #8532AE

tetradic

#AE8532 #32AE47 #325BAE #AE3299

square

#AE8532 #32AE47 #325BAE #AE3299

split-complementary

#AE8532 #3299AE #4732AE

monochromatic

#4F3C17 #7E6124 #AE8532 #CDA450 #DABD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE8532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AE8532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8532

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8532	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)

#968527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.111 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86f',
    500: '#ae8532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8532;
$custom-light: #caa86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.161,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64095,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8532

secondary

#7891C4

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8532

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

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