#AE8B30#AE8B30

#AE8B30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.114 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B30
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 3.74, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 51.50, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0056 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.114 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2233, 27.6791, 6.7045)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B30 #3053AE

analogous

#AE4C30 #AE8B30 #92AE30

triadic

#AE8B30 #30AE8B #8B30AE

tetradic

#AE8B30 #30AE4C #3053AE #AE3092

square

#AE8B30 #30AE4C #3053AE #AE3092

split-complementary

#AE8B30 #3092AE #4C30AE

monochromatic

#4E3E16 #7E6523 #AE8B30 #CEAA4D #DBC17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AE8B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B30

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B30	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.114 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6e',
    500: '#ae8b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b30;
$custom-light: #caac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65312,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B30

secondary

#768CC4

accent

#72E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B30

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

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