#AE8930#AE8930

#AE8930 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.114 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8930
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 4.84, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 51.06, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0088 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.114 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9363, 27.1052, 6.6088)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8930 #3055AE

analogous

#AE4A30 #AE8930 #94AE30

triadic

#AE8930 #30AE89 #8930AE

tetradic

#AE8930 #30AE4A #3055AE #AE3094

square

#AE8930 #30AE4A #3055AE #AE3094

split-complementary

#AE8930 #3094AE #4A30AE

monochromatic

#4E3D16 #7E6323 #AE8930 #CEA84D #DBC07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE8930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AE8930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8930

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8930	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.114 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6e',
    500: '#ae8930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8930;
$custom-light: #caab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64898,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8930

secondary

#768DC4

accent

#74E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8930

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

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