#AE8538#AE8538

#AE8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.106 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE8538
RGBrgb(174, 133, 56)
HSLhsl(39, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(39, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(58.09, 7.51, 46.23)
CIE-LCHlch(58.09, 46.84, 80.78°)
OKLaboklab(64.15% 0.0176 0.1049)
OKLCHoklch(64.15% 0.106 80.5)
XYZxyz(26.5585, 26.0611, 7.3721)
Luminance0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE8538 #3861AE
analogous
#AE4A38 #AE8538 #9CAE38
triadic
#AE8538 #38AE85 #8538AE
tetradic
#AE8538 #38AE4A #3861AE #AE389C
square
#AE8538 #38AE4A #3861AE #AE389C
split-complementary
#AE8538 #389CAE #4A38AE
monochromatic
#513E1A #806229 #AE8538 #CAA359 #D9BD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38
#AE8538 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21
#AE8538 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8538
6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE8538#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE85381.003.386.216.21
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2121.001.001.00
##0000006.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96862F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F903B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BD7974
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.106 80.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa872',
    500: '#ae8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae8538;
$custom-light: #caa872;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.153,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64153,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE8538
secondary
#7F97C3
accent
#7EDB4D
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F9F4ED
border
#D2CEC8
text
#140F08
muted
#827F7B

Preview Lab

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#AE8538 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva