#AE8D32#AE8D32

#AE8D32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.114 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D32
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 2.74, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 51.14, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.003 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.114 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5577, 28.2804, 7.0242)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D32 #3253AE

analogous

#AE4F32 #AE8D32 #91AE32

triadic

#AE8D32 #32AE8D #8D32AE

tetradic

#AE8D32 #32AE4F #3253AE #AE3291

square

#AE8D32 #32AE4F #3253AE #AE3291

split-complementary

#AE8D32 #3291AE #4F32AE

monochromatic

#4F4017 #7E6624 #AE8D32 #CDAC50 #DAC280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AE8D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D32

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D32	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.114 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6f',
    500: '#ae8d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d32;
$custom-light: #caae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65745,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D32

secondary

#788CC4

accent

#71DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D32

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

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