#AE9552#AE9552

#AE9552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9552
RGB	rgb(174, 149, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 0.62, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 38.52, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0009 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.092 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7271, 31.1042, 12.4189)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9552 #526BAE

analogous

#AE6752 #AE9552 #99AE52

triadic

#AE9552 #52AE95 #9552AE

tetradic

#AE9552 #52AE67 #526BAE #AE5299

square

#AE9552 #52AE67 #526BAE #AE5299

split-complementary

#AE9552 #5299AE #6752AE

monochromatic

#5B4E2B #85723E #AE9552 #C2AF7C #D5C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE9552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AE9552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9552

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9552	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 149, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b384',
    500: '#ae9552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9552;
$custom-light: #c8b384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.696,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67784,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9552

secondary

#99A5C2

accent

#7ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9552

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

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