#AE8A31#AE8A31

#AE8A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.113 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A31
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 4.34, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 50.87, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0075 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.113 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1000, 27.3992, 6.7663)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A31 #3155AE

analogous

#AE4B31 #AE8A31 #93AE31

triadic

#AE8A31 #31AE8A #8A31AE

tetradic

#AE8A31 #31AE4B #3155AE #AE3193

square

#AE8A31 #31AE4B #3155AE #AE3193

split-complementary

#AE8A31 #3193AE #4B31AE

monochromatic

#4E3E16 #7E6424 #AE8A31 #CDA94F #DBC07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AE8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A31

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A31	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)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.113 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6e',
    500: '#ae8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a31;
$custom-light: #caab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65113,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A31

secondary

#778DC4

accent

#74DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A31

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

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