#AE8931#AE8931

#AE8931 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8931
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 4.89, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 50.65, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0091 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.113 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9572, 27.1136, 6.7187)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8931 #3156AE

analogous

#AE4A31 #AE8931 #94AE31

triadic

#AE8931 #31AE89 #8931AE

tetradic

#AE8931 #31AE4A #3156AE #AE3194

square

#AE8931 #31AE4A #3156AE #AE3194

split-complementary

#AE8931 #3194AE #4A31AE

monochromatic

#4E3E16 #7E6324 #AE8931 #CDA84F #DBC07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE8931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AE8931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8931

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8931	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)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6e',
    500: '#ae8931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8931;
$custom-light: #caab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64906,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8931

secondary

#778EC4

accent

#75DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8931

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

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