#AE8243#AE8243

#AE8243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8243
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 9.92, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 41.31, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0262 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.097 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4528, 25.3711, 8.8130)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8243 #436FAE

analogous

#AE4D43 #AE8243 #A5AE43

triadic

#AE8243 #43AE82 #8243AE

tetradic

#AE8243 #43AE4D #436FAE #AE43A5

square

#AE8243 #43AE4D #436FAE #AE43A5

split-complementary

#AE8243 #43A5AE #4D43AE

monochromatic

#564021 #826132 #AE8243 #C59F69 #D6BB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE8243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AE8243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8243

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8243	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)

#92843D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a679',
    500: '#ae8243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8243;
$custom-light: #c9a679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.327,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8243

secondary

#8BA2C2

accent

#88D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8243

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

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