#AE8535#AE8535

#AE8535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.109 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8535
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 7.33, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 48.16, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.0167 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.109 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4873, 26.0326, 6.9972)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8535 #355EAE

analogous

#AE4835 #AE8535 #9BAE35

triadic

#AE8535 #35AE85 #8535AE

tetradic

#AE8535 #35AE48 #355EAE #AE359B

square

#AE8535 #35AE48 #355EAE #AE359B

split-complementary

#AE8535 #359BAE #4835AE

monochromatic

#503D18 #7F6127 #AE8535 #CBA355 #DABC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE8535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#AE8535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8535

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8535	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96852B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.109 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa870',
    500: '#ae8535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8535;
$custom-light: #caa870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64123,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8535

secondary

#7C94C3

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8535

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

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