#AE8A34#AE8A34

#AE8A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.111 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A34
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 4.50, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 49.60, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0084 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.111 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1654, 27.4253, 7.1110)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A34 #3458AE

analogous

#AE4D34 #AE8A34 #95AE34

triadic

#AE8A34 #34AE8A #8A34AE

tetradic

#AE8A34 #34AE4D #3458AE #AE3495

square

#AE8A34 #34AE4D #3458AE #AE3495

split-complementary

#AE8A34 #3495AE #4D34AE

monochromatic

#503F18 #7F6526 #AE8A34 #CCA853 #DAC083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AE8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A34

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A34	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)

#9A8929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.111 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab70',
    500: '#ae8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a34;
$custom-light: #caab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6514,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A34

secondary

#7B90C3

accent

#76DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A34

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

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