#AE8E33#AE8E33

#AE8E33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.114 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E33
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 2.24, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 50.96, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0017 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.114 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7276, 28.5854, 7.1884)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E33 #3353AE

analogous

#AE5033 #AE8E33 #91AE33

triadic

#AE8E33 #33AE8E #8E33AE

tetradic

#AE8E33 #33AE50 #3353AE #AE3391

square

#AE8E33 #33AE50 #3353AE #AE3391

split-complementary

#AE8E33 #3391AE #5033AE

monochromatic

#4F4117 #7F6725 #AE8E33 #CCAC52 #DAC381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AE8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E33

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E33	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.114 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae70',
    500: '#ae8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e33;
$custom-light: #caae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.39,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65962,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E33

secondary

#798DC3

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E33

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

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