#AE8D38#AE8D38

#AE8D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.110 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D38
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 3.07, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 48.57, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0047 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.11 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6957, 28.3357, 7.7512)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D38 #3859AE

analogous

#AE5238 #AE8D38 #94AE38

triadic

#AE8D38 #38AE8D #8D38AE

tetradic

#AE8D38 #38AE52 #3859AE #AE3894

square

#AE8D38 #38AE52 #3859AE #AE3894

split-complementary

#AE8D38 #3894AE #5238AE

monochromatic

#51421A #806729 #AE8D38 #CAAA59 #D9C288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AE8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D38

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D38	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.110 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae73',
    500: '#ae8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d38;
$custom-light: #caae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.22,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65799,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D38

secondary

#7F92C3

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D38

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

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