#AE812E#AE812E

#AE812E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.112 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE812E
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 9.19, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 50.43, 79.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0212 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.112 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8006, 24.8984, 6.0312)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE812E #2E5BAE

analogous

#AE412E #AE812E #9BAE2E

triadic

#AE812E #2EAE81 #812EAE

tetradic

#AE812E #2EAE41 #2E5BAE #AE2E9B

square

#AE812E #2EAE41 #2E5BAE #AE2E9B

split-complementary

#AE812E #2E9BAE #412EAE

monochromatic

#4D3914 #7E5D21 #AE812E #CFA04A #DCBA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#AE812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#AE812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE812E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE812E	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)

#938223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.112 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa56c',
    500: '#ae812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae812e;
$custom-light: #caa56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.906,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE812E

secondary

#7490C4

accent

#7DE146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE812E

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

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