#AE8A35#AE8A35

#AE8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.111 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A35
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 4.56, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 49.18, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0086 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.111 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1882, 27.4345, 7.2308)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A35 #3559AE

analogous

#AE4E35 #AE8A35 #96AE35

triadic

#AE8A35 #35AE8A #8A35AE

tetradic

#AE8A35 #35AE4E #3559AE #AE3596

square

#AE8A35 #35AE4E #3559AE #AE3596

split-complementary

#AE8A35 #3596AE #4E35AE

monochromatic

#504018 #7F6527 #AE8A35 #CBA855 #DAC084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AE8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A35

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A35	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.111 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab71',
    500: '#ae8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a35;
$custom-light: #caab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65149,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A35

secondary

#7C91C3

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A35

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

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