#AE8F36#AE8F36

#AE8F36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.112 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8F36
RGB	rgb(174, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 1.86, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 49.94, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.001 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.112 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9454, 28.9116, 7.5979)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8F36 #3655AE

analogous

#AE5336 #AE8F36 #91AE36

triadic

#AE8F36 #36AE8F #8F36AE

tetradic

#AE8F36 #36AE53 #3655AE #AE3691

square

#AE8F36 #36AE53 #3655AE #AE3691

split-complementary

#AE8F36 #3691AE #5336AE

monochromatic

#514219 #7F6928 #AE8F36 #CBAD56 #D9C485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#AE8F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#AE8F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8F36

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8F36	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)

#9F8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.112 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf72',
    500: '#ae8f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8f36;
$custom-light: #caaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66198,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8F36

secondary

#7D8FC3

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8F36

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

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