#AE8638#AE8638

#AE8638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.107 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8638
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 6.95, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 47.03, 81.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.016 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.107 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6960, 26.3362, 7.4179)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8638 #3860AE

analogous

#AE4B38 #AE8638 #9BAE38

triadic

#AE8638 #38AE86 #8638AE

tetradic

#AE8638 #38AE4B #3860AE #AE389B

square

#AE8638 #38AE4B #3860AE #AE389B

split-complementary

#AE8638 #389BAE #4B38AE

monochromatic

#513F1A #806229 #AE8638 #CAA459 #D9BD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#AE8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#AE8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8638

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8638	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.107 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa972',
    500: '#ae8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8638;
$custom-light: #caa972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.661,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64356,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8638

secondary

#7F96C3

accent

#7DDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8638

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

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