#AE8A38#AE8A38

#AE8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.108 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A38
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 4.73, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 47.87, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0095 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.108 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2594, 27.4629, 7.6057)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A38 #385CAE

analogous

#AE4F38 #AE8A38 #97AE38

triadic

#AE8A38 #38AE8A #8A38AE

tetradic

#AE8A38 #38AE4F #385CAE #AE3897

square

#AE8A38 #38AE4F #385CAE #AE3897

split-complementary

#AE8A38 #3897AE #4F38AE

monochromatic

#51411A #806529 #AE8A38 #CAA759 #D9C088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AE8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A38

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A38	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9A8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.108 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab73',
    500: '#ae8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a38;
$custom-light: #caab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.695,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65178,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A38

secondary

#7F94C3

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A38

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

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