#AE8A37#AE8A37

#AE8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.109 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A37
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 4.67, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 48.31, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0092 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.109 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2352, 27.4532, 7.4782)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A37 #375BAE

analogous

#AE4F37 #AE8A37 #96AE37

triadic

#AE8A37 #37AE8A #8A37AE

tetradic

#AE8A37 #37AE4F #375BAE #AE3796

square

#AE8A37 #37AE4F #375BAE #AE3796

split-complementary

#AE8A37 #3796AE #4F37AE

monochromatic

#51401A #7F6528 #AE8A37 #CAA858 #D9C086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AE8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A37

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A37	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.109 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab72',
    500: '#ae8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a37;
$custom-light: #caab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65168,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A37

secondary

#7E93C3

accent

#78DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A37

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

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