#AE8151#AE8151

#AE8151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.085 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8151
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 11.62, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 34.63, 70.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0331 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.085 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7924, 25.2951, 11.2543)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8151 #517EAE

analogous

#AE5251 #AE8151 #ADAE51

triadic

#AE8151 #51AE81 #8151AE

tetradic

#AE8151 #51AE52 #517EAE #AE51AD

square

#AE8151 #51AE52 #517EAE #AE51AD

split-complementary

#AE8151 #51ADAE #5251AE

monochromatic

#5A432A #84623E #AE8151 #C19F7B #D5BDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AE8151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#AE8151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8151

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8151	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90844D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.085 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a583',
    500: '#ae8151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8151;
$custom-light: #c9a583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.968,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.08508,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8151

secondary

#99ADC2

accent

#92CC5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8151

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

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