#AE8A33#AE8A33

#AE8A33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A33
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 4.45, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 50.03, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0081 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.112 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1432, 27.4164, 6.9936)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A33 #3357AE

analogous

#AE4D33 #AE8A33 #95AE33

triadic

#AE8A33 #33AE8A #8A33AE

tetradic

#AE8A33 #33AE4D #3357AE #AE3395

square

#AE8A33 #33AE4D #3357AE #AE3395

split-complementary

#AE8A33 #3395AE #4D33AE

monochromatic

#4F3F17 #7F6425 #AE8A33 #CCA852 #DAC081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AE8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A33

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A33	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)

#9A8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab70',
    500: '#ae8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a33;
$custom-light: #caab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6513,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A33

secondary

#798FC3

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A33

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

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