#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
RGBrgb(174, 142, 53)
HSLhsl(44, 53%, 45%)
HSVhsv(44, 70%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.4%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.43, 2.35, 50.06)
CIE-LCHlch(60.43, 50.12, 87.31°)
OKLaboklab(65.98% 0.0023 0.1125)
OKLCHoklch(65.98% 0.113 88.8)
XYZxyz(27.7727, 28.6034, 7.4257)
Luminance0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AE8E351.003.126.726.72
#FFFFFF3.121.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7221.001.001.00
##0000006.7221.001.001.00

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

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#AE8E35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva