#AE8F34#AE8F34

#AE8F34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.114 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F34
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 1.75, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 50.79, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0004 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.114 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8994, 28.8932, 7.3556)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F34 #3453AE

analogous

#AE5234 #AE8F34 #90AE34

triadic

#AE8F34 #34AE8F #8F34AE

tetradic

#AE8F34 #34AE52 #3453AE #AE3490

square

#AE8F34 #34AE52 #3453AE #AE3490

split-complementary

#AE8F34 #3490AE #5234AE

monochromatic

#504218 #7F6826 #AE8F34 #CCAD53 #DAC483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#AE8F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F34

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F34	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.114 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf71',
    500: '#ae8f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f34;
$custom-light: #caaf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.754,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6618,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F34

secondary

#7B8DC3

accent

#70DD4A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F34

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

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