#AE8041#AE8041

#AE8041 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.098 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8041
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 10.89, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 41.94, 74.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0288 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.098 73)
XYZ	xyz(26.1304, 24.8206, 8.4146)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8041 #416FAE

analogous

#AE4A41 #AE8041 #A6AE41

triadic

#AE8041 #41AE80 #8041AE

tetradic

#AE8041 #41AE4A #416FAE #AE41A6

square

#AE8041 #41AE4A #416FAE #AE41A6

split-complementary

#AE8041 #41A6AE #4A41AE

monochromatic

#553E20 #815F30 #AE8041 #C69E66 #D7BA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#AE8041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8041

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8041	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.098 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa478',
    500: '#ae8041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8041;
$custom-light: #caa478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.679,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63247,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.24819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8041

secondary

#89A1C2

accent

#8AD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8041

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

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