#AE8142#AE8142

#AE8142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.098 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8142
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 10.40, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 41.62, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.0275 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.098 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2907, 25.0944, 8.6122)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8142 #426FAE

analogous

#AE4B42 #AE8142 #A5AE42

triadic

#AE8142 #42AE81 #8142AE

tetradic

#AE8142 #42AE4B #426FAE #AE42A5

square

#AE8142 #42AE4B #426FAE #AE42A5

split-complementary

#AE8142 #42A5AE #4B42AE

monochromatic

#553F20 #826031 #AE8142 #C69E68 #D6BB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8142

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8142	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91833C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.098 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a578',
    500: '#ae8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8142;
$custom-light: #c9a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6346,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8142

secondary

#8AA1C2

accent

#89D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8142

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

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