#AE8D37#AE8D37

#AE8D37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.111 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D37
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 3.02, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 49.01, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0044 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.111 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6715, 28.3260, 7.6237)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D37 #3758AE

analogous

#AE5137 #AE8D37 #94AE37

triadic

#AE8D37 #37AE8D #8D37AE

tetradic

#AE8D37 #37AE51 #3758AE #AE3794

square

#AE8D37 #37AE51 #3758AE #AE3794

split-complementary

#AE8D37 #3794AE #5137AE

monochromatic

#51421A #7F6728 #AE8D37 #CAAB58 #D9C286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AE8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D37

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D37	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)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.111 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae72',
    500: '#ae8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d37;
$custom-light: #caae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.361,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6579,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D37

secondary

#7E91C3

accent

#74DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D37

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

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