#AE8536#AE8536

#AE8536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8536
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 7.39, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 47.72, 81.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.017 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.108 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5105, 26.0419, 7.1196)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8536 #365FAE

analogous

#AE4936 #AE8536 #9BAE36

triadic

#AE8536 #36AE85 #8536AE

tetradic

#AE8536 #36AE49 #365FAE #AE369B

square

#AE8536 #36AE49 #365FAE #AE369B

split-complementary

#AE8536 #369BAE #4936AE

monochromatic

#513E19 #7F6128 #AE8536 #CBA356 #D9BD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#AE8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8536

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8536	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)

#96862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa871',
    500: '#ae8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8536;
$custom-light: #caa871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64133,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8536

secondary

#7D95C3

accent

#7DDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8536

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

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