#AE8D31#AE8D31

#AE8D31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.115 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D31
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 2.68, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 51.55, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0027 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.115 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5364, 28.2719, 6.9118)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D31 #3152AE

analogous

#AE4E31 #AE8D31 #90AE31

triadic

#AE8D31 #31AE8D #8D31AE

tetradic

#AE8D31 #31AE4E #3152AE #AE3190

square

#AE8D31 #31AE4E #3152AE #AE3190

split-complementary

#AE8D31 #3190AE #4E31AE

monochromatic

#4E4016 #7E6624 #AE8D31 #CDAC4F #DBC27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AE8D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D31

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D31	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.115 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6f',
    500: '#ae8d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d31;
$custom-light: #caae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65736,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D31

secondary

#778BC4

accent

#70DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D31

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

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