#AE8830#AE8830

#AE8830 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.113 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8830
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 5.39, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 50.86, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.0104 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.113 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7948, 26.8222, 6.5617)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8830 #3056AE

analogous

#AE4930 #AE8830 #95AE30

triadic

#AE8830 #30AE88 #8830AE

tetradic

#AE8830 #30AE49 #3056AE #AE3095

square

#AE8830 #30AE49 #3056AE #AE3095

split-complementary

#AE8830 #3095AE #4930AE

monochromatic

#4E3D16 #7E6323 #AE8830 #CEA74D #DBBF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE8830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AE8830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8830

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8830	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.113 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6e',
    500: '#ae8830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8830;
$custom-light: #caaa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64692,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8830

secondary

#768DC4

accent

#76E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8830

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

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