#AE832C#AE832C

#AE832C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE832C
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 7.98, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 51.55, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0174 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.114 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0282, 25.4151, 5.9171)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE832C #2C57AE

analogous

#AE422C #AE832C #98AE2C

triadic

#AE832C #2CAE83 #832CAE

tetradic

#AE832C #2CAE42 #2C57AE #AE2C98

square

#AE832C #2CAE42 #2C57AE #AE2C98

split-complementary

#AE832C #2C98AE #422CAE

monochromatic

#4C3913 #7D5E20 #AE832C #D0A347 #DDBB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AE832C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#AE832C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE832C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE832C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE832C	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae832c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa66b',
    500: '#ae832c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae832c;
$custom-light: #caa66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae832c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63637,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE832C

secondary

#718DC5

accent

#79E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE832C

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

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