#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
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 7.51, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 46.84, 80.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.0176 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.106 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5585, 26.0611, 7.3721)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##AE8538	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)

#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

Preview with #AE8538

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

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