#AE9038#AE9038

#AE9038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.111 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9038
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 1.43, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 49.34, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.111 90)
XYZ	xyz(28.1441, 29.2324, 7.9006)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9038 #3856AE

analogous

#AE5538 #AE9038 #91AE38

triadic

#AE9038 #38AE90 #9038AE

tetradic

#AE9038 #38AE55 #3856AE #AE3891

square

#AE9038 #38AE55 #3856AE #AE3891

split-complementary

#AE9038 #3891AE #5538AE

monochromatic

#51431A #806A29 #AE9038 #CAAD59 #D9C488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AE9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#AE9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9038

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9038	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.111 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab073',
    500: '#ae9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9038;
$custom-light: #cab073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.746,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66426,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9038

secondary

#7F90C3

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9038

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

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