#AE8044#AE8044

#AE8044 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.096 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8044
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 11.11, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 40.55, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0299 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.096 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2196, 24.8563, 8.8845)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8044 #4472AE

analogous

#AE4B44 #AE8044 #A7AE44

triadic

#AE8044 #44AE80 #8044AE

tetradic

#AE8044 #44AE4B #4472AE #AE44A7

square

#AE8044 #44AE4B #4472AE #AE44A7

split-complementary

#AE8044 #44A7AE #4B44AE

monochromatic

#563F22 #826033 #AE8044 #C59E6A #D6BA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AE8044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8044

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8044	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)

#90823E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.096 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a47a',
    500: '#ae8044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8044;
$custom-light: #c9a47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.962,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8044

secondary

#8CA3C2

accent

#8BD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8044

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

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