#AE8043#AE8043

#AE8043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.097 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8043
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 11.04, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 41.02, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0295 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.097 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1894, 24.8442, 8.7251)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8043 #4371AE

analogous

#AE4B43 #AE8043 #A6AE43

triadic

#AE8043 #43AE80 #8043AE

tetradic

#AE8043 #43AE4B #4371AE #AE43A6

square

#AE8043 #43AE4B #4371AE #AE43A6

split-complementary

#AE8043 #43A6AE #4B43AE

monochromatic

#563F21 #825F32 #AE8043 #C59E69 #D6BA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AE8043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8043

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8043	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.097 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a479',
    500: '#ae8043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8043;
$custom-light: #c9a479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.206,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8043

secondary

#8BA3C2

accent

#8BD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8043

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

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