#AE8736#AE8736

#AE8736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8736
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 6.28, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 48.11, 82.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.0138 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.109 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7870, 26.5948, 7.2118)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8736 #365DAE

analogous

#AE4B36 #AE8736 #99AE36

triadic

#AE8736 #36AE87 #8736AE

tetradic

#AE8736 #36AE4B #365DAE #AE3699

square

#AE8736 #36AE4B #365DAE #AE3699

split-complementary

#AE8736 #3699AE #4B36AE

monochromatic

#513F19 #7F6328 #AE8736 #CBA556 #D9BE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE8736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#AE8736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8736

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8736	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)

#98872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa971',
    500: '#ae8736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8736;
$custom-light: #caa971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64541,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8736

secondary

#7D94C3

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8736

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

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