#AE8A30#AE8A30

#AE8A30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.114 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A30
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 4.29, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 51.28, 85.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0072 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.114 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0791, 27.3908, 6.6564)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A30 #3054AE

analogous

#AE4B30 #AE8A30 #93AE30

triadic

#AE8A30 #30AE8A #8A30AE

tetradic

#AE8A30 #30AE4B #3054AE #AE3093

square

#AE8A30 #30AE4B #3054AE #AE3093

split-complementary

#AE8A30 #3093AE #4B30AE

monochromatic

#4E3E16 #7E6423 #AE8A30 #CEA94D #DBC07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AE8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A30

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A30	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.114 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6e',
    500: '#ae8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a30;
$custom-light: #caab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65105,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A30

secondary

#768CC4

accent

#73E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A30

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

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