#AE8738#AE8738

#AE8738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.107 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8738
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, 6.39, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 47.23, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.0144 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.107 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8349, 26.6140, 7.4642)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8738 #385FAE

analogous

#AE4C38 #AE8738 #9AAE38

triadic

#AE8738 #38AE87 #8738AE

tetradic

#AE8738 #38AE4C #385FAE #AE389A

square

#AE8738 #38AE4C #385FAE #AE389A

split-complementary

#AE8738 #389AAE #4C38AE

monochromatic

#513F1A #806329 #AE8738 #CAA559 #D9BE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#AE8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8738

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8738	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)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.107 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa972',
    500: '#ae8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8738;
$custom-light: #caa972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64561,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8738

secondary

#7F95C3

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8738

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

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