#AE8831#AE8831

#AE8831 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.112 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8831
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 5.45, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 50.44, 83.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.0107 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.112 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8157, 26.8306, 6.6716)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8831 #3157AE

analogous

#AE4931 #AE8831 #95AE31

triadic

#AE8831 #31AE88 #8831AE

tetradic

#AE8831 #31AE49 #3157AE #AE3195

square

#AE8831 #31AE49 #3157AE #AE3195

split-complementary

#AE8831 #3195AE #4931AE

monochromatic

#4E3D16 #7E6324 #AE8831 #CDA74F #DBBF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE8831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AE8831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8831

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8831	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.112 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6e',
    500: '#ae8831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8831;
$custom-light: #caaa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.647,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8831

secondary

#778EC4

accent

#76DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8831

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

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