#AE8B33#AE8B33

#AE8B33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B33
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 3.89, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 50.25, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0065 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.112 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2873, 27.7047, 7.0416)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B33 #3356AE

analogous

#AE4E33 #AE8B33 #94AE33

triadic

#AE8B33 #33AE8B #8B33AE

tetradic

#AE8B33 #33AE4E #3356AE #AE3394

square

#AE8B33 #33AE4E #3356AE #AE3394

split-complementary

#AE8B33 #3394AE #4E33AE

monochromatic

#4F3F17 #7F6525 #AE8B33 #CCA952 #DAC181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AE8B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B33

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B33	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)

#9B8A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac70',
    500: '#ae8b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b33;
$custom-light: #caac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65338,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B33

secondary

#798EC3

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B33

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

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