#AE8E37#AE8E37

#AE8E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.111 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E37
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 2.47, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 49.26, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0029 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.111 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8197, 28.6222, 7.6730)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E37 #3757AE

analogous

#AE5337 #AE8E37 #92AE37

triadic

#AE8E37 #37AE8E #8E37AE

tetradic

#AE8E37 #37AE53 #3757AE #AE3792

square

#AE8E37 #37AE53 #3757AE #AE3792

split-complementary

#AE8E37 #3792AE #5337AE

monochromatic

#51421A #7F6828 #AE8E37 #CAAB58 #D9C386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AE8E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AE8E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E37

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E37	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)

#9E8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.111 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae72',
    500: '#ae8e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e37;
$custom-light: #caae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65998,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E37

secondary

#7E90C3

accent

#73DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E37

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

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