#AE8735#AE8735

#AE8735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8735
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 6.22, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 48.54, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.0135 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.109 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7637, 26.5855, 7.0893)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8735 #355CAE

analogous

#AE4A35 #AE8735 #99AE35

triadic

#AE8735 #35AE87 #8735AE

tetradic

#AE8735 #35AE4A #355CAE #AE3599

square

#AE8735 #35AE4A #355CAE #AE3599

split-complementary

#AE8735 #3599AE #4A35AE

monochromatic

#503E18 #7F6327 #AE8735 #CBA555 #DABE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#AE8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8735

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8735	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa970',
    500: '#ae8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8735;
$custom-light: #caa970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.661,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64531,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8735

secondary

#7C93C3

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8735

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

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