#AE8932#AE8932

#AE8932 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.112 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8932
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 4.95, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 50.23, 84.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0094 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.112 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9785, 27.1221, 6.8311)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8932 #3257AE

analogous

#AE4B32 #AE8932 #95AE32

triadic

#AE8932 #32AE89 #8932AE

tetradic

#AE8932 #32AE4B #3257AE #AE3295

square

#AE8932 #32AE4B #3257AE #AE3295

split-complementary

#AE8932 #3295AE #4B32AE

monochromatic

#4F3E17 #7E6424 #AE8932 #CDA850 #DABF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE8932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AE8932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8932

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8932	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)

#9A8927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.112 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6f',
    500: '#ae8932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8932;
$custom-light: #caab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64915,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8932

secondary

#788FC4

accent

#76DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8932

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

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