#AE8E35#AE8E35

#AE8E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.113 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E35
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 2.35, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 50.12, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% 0.0023 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.113 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7727, 28.6034, 7.4257)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E35 #3555AE

analogous

#AE5135 #AE8E35 #92AE35

triadic

#AE8E35 #35AE8E #8E35AE

tetradic

#AE8E35 #35AE51 #3555AE #AE3592

square

#AE8E35 #35AE51 #3555AE #AE3592

split-complementary

#AE8E35 #3592AE #5135AE

monochromatic

#504118 #7F6827 #AE8E35 #CBAC55 #DAC384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AE8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AE8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E35

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E35	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.113 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae71',
    500: '#ae8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e35;
$custom-light: #caae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.132,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6598,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E35

secondary

#7C8FC3

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E35

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

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