#AE8533#AE8533

#AE8533 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.110 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8533
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 7.22, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 49.01, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0161 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.11 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4422, 26.0146, 6.7600)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8533 #335CAE

analogous

#AE4833 #AE8533 #9AAE33

triadic

#AE8533 #33AE85 #8533AE

tetradic

#AE8533 #33AE48 #335CAE #AE339A

square

#AE8533 #33AE48 #335CAE #AE339A

split-complementary

#AE8533 #339AAE #4833AE

monochromatic

#4F3D17 #7F6125 #AE8533 #CCA352 #DABD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE8533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AE8533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8533

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8533	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)

#968529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.110 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86f',
    500: '#ae8533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8533;
$custom-light: #caa86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64104,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8533

secondary

#7992C3

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8533

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

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