#AE8D35#AE8D35

#AE8D35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.112 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D35
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 2.90, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 49.87, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0039 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.112 88)
XYZ	xyz(27.6246, 28.3072, 7.3763)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D35 #3556AE

analogous

#AE5035 #AE8D35 #93AE35

triadic

#AE8D35 #35AE8D #8D35AE

tetradic

#AE8D35 #35AE50 #3556AE #AE3593

square

#AE8D35 #35AE50 #3556AE #AE3593

split-complementary

#AE8D35 #3593AE #5035AE

monochromatic

#504118 #7F6727 #AE8D35 #CBAB55 #DAC284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE8D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AE8D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D35

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D35	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)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.112 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae71',
    500: '#ae8d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d35;
$custom-light: #caae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65771,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.28305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D35

secondary

#7C8FC3

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D35

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

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