#AE8737#AE8737

#AE8737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.108 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8737
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 6.34, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 47.67, 82.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0141 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.108 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8107, 26.6043, 7.3367)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8737 #375EAE

analogous

#AE4B37 #AE8737 #9AAE37

triadic

#AE8737 #37AE87 #8737AE

tetradic

#AE8737 #37AE4B #375EAE #AE379A

square

#AE8737 #37AE4B #375EAE #AE379A

split-complementary

#AE8737 #379AAE #4B37AE

monochromatic

#513F1A #7F6328 #AE8737 #CAA558 #D9BE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#AE8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8737

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8737	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)

#97872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.108 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa972',
    500: '#ae8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8737;
$custom-light: #caa972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8737

secondary

#7E95C3

accent

#7BDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8737

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

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