#AE8240#AE8240

#AE8240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8240
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 9.70, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 42.70, 76.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0252 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.099 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3651, 25.3360, 8.3512)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8240 #406CAE

analogous

#AE4B40 #AE8240 #A3AE40

triadic

#AE8240 #40AE82 #8240AE

tetradic

#AE8240 #40AE4B #406CAE #AE40A3

square

#AE8240 #40AE4B #406CAE #AE40A3

split-complementary

#AE8240 #40A3AE #4B40AE

monochromatic

#553F1F #816130 #AE8240 #C69F65 #D7BB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE8240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AE8240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8240

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8240	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa677',
    500: '#ae8240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8240;
$custom-light: #caa677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63635,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8240

secondary

#889FC2

accent

#87D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8240

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

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