#AE8933#AE8933

#AE8933 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.112 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8933
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 5.00, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 49.81, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0097 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.112 85)
XYZ	xyz(27.0003, 27.1308, 6.9460)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8933 #3358AE

analogous

#AE4B33 #AE8933 #96AE33

triadic

#AE8933 #33AE89 #8933AE

tetradic

#AE8933 #33AE4B #3358AE #AE3396

square

#AE8933 #33AE4B #3358AE #AE3396

split-complementary

#AE8933 #3396AE #4B33AE

monochromatic

#4F3E17 #7F6425 #AE8933 #CCA752 #DABF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AE8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8933

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8933	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.112 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6f',
    500: '#ae8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8933;
$custom-light: #caab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64924,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.27129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8933

secondary

#7990C3

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8933

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

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