#AE8046#AE8046

#AE8046 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.094 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8046
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 70)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 11.26, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 39.63, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0306 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.094 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2817, 24.8811, 9.2115)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8046 #4674AE

analogous

#AE4C46 #AE8046 #A8AE46

triadic

#AE8046 #46AE80 #8046AE

tetradic

#AE8046 #46AE4C #4674AE #AE46A8

square

#AE8046 #46AE4C #4674AE #AE46A8

split-complementary

#AE8046 #46A8AE #4C46AE

monochromatic

#574023 #826034 #AE8046 #C49E6D #D6BB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#AE8046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#AE8046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8046

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8046	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.094 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a47b',
    500: '#ae8046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8046;
$custom-light: #c9a47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.462,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8046

secondary

#8EA5C2

accent

#8DD255

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8046

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

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