#AE8D34#AE8D34

#AE8D34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.113 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D34
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 2.84, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 50.30, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0036 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.113 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6018, 28.2981, 7.2564)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D34 #3455AE

analogous

#AE5034 #AE8D34 #92AE34

triadic

#AE8D34 #34AE8D #8D34AE

tetradic

#AE8D34 #34AE50 #3455AE #AE3492

square

#AE8D34 #34AE50 #3455AE #AE3492

split-complementary

#AE8D34 #3492AE #5034AE

monochromatic

#504118 #7F6726 #AE8D34 #CCAB53 #DAC283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE8D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AE8D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D34

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D34	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#9D8C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.113 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae70',
    500: '#ae8d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d34;
$custom-light: #caae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65762,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D34

secondary

#7B8EC3

accent

#72DD4A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D34

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

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