#AE8731#AE8731

#AE8731 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.112 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8731
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 6.00, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 50.24, 83.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0123 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.112 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6755, 26.5502, 6.6248)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8731 #3158AE

analogous

#AE4831 #AE8731 #96AE31

triadic

#AE8731 #31AE87 #8731AE

tetradic

#AE8731 #31AE48 #3158AE #AE3196

square

#AE8731 #31AE48 #3158AE #AE3196

split-complementary

#AE8731 #3196AE #4831AE

monochromatic

#4E3D16 #7E6224 #AE8731 #CDA64F #DBBE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#AE8731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#AE8731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8731

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8731	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.112 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96e',
    500: '#ae8731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8731;
$custom-light: #caa96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.28,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64495,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8731

secondary

#778FC4

accent

#78DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8731

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

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