#AE8A36#AE8A36

#AE8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A36
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 4.61, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 48.74, 84.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0089 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.11 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2114, 27.4437, 7.3533)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A36 #365AAE

analogous

#AE4E36 #AE8A36 #96AE36

triadic

#AE8A36 #36AE8A #8A36AE

tetradic

#AE8A36 #36AE4E #365AAE #AE3696

square

#AE8A36 #36AE4E #365AAE #AE3696

split-complementary

#AE8A36 #3696AE #4E36AE

monochromatic

#514019 #7F6528 #AE8A36 #CBA856 #D9C085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AE8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A36

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A36	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)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab71',
    500: '#ae8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a36;
$custom-light: #caab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65158,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A36

secondary

#7D92C3

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A36

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

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