#AE8637#AE8637

#AE8637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8637
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 6.89, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 47.47, 81.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0157 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.107 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6718, 26.3266, 7.2904)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8637 #375FAE

analogous

#AE4B37 #AE8637 #9AAE37

triadic

#AE8637 #37AE86 #8637AE

tetradic

#AE8637 #37AE4B #375FAE #AE379A

square

#AE8637 #37AE4B #375FAE #AE379A

split-complementary

#AE8637 #379AAE #4B37AE

monochromatic

#513E1A #7F6228 #AE8637 #CAA458 #D9BD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#AE8637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#AE8637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8637

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8637	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa972',
    500: '#ae8637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8637;
$custom-light: #caa972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.832,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64346,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8637

secondary

#7E95C3

accent

#7CDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8637

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

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