#AE8833#AE8833

#AE8833 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.111 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8833
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 5.55, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 49.60, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.0113 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.111 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8589, 26.8478, 6.8988)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8833 #3359AE

analogous

#AE4A33 #AE8833 #97AE33

triadic

#AE8833 #33AE88 #8833AE

tetradic

#AE8833 #33AE4A #3359AE #AE3397

square

#AE8833 #33AE4A #3359AE #AE3397

split-complementary

#AE8833 #3397AE #4A33AE

monochromatic

#4F3E17 #7F6325 #AE8833 #CCA652 #DABF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE8833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AE8833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8833

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8833	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)

#998828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.111 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6f',
    500: '#ae8833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8833;
$custom-light: #caaa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.463,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64718,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8833

secondary

#7990C3

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8833

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

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