#AE8340#AE8340

#AE8340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8340
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 9.14, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 42.86, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0235 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.1 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4988, 25.6033, 8.3958)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8340 #406BAE

analogous

#AE4C40 #AE8340 #A2AE40

triadic

#AE8340 #40AE83 #8340AE

tetradic

#AE8340 #40AE4C #406BAE #AE40A2

square

#AE8340 #40AE4C #406BAE #AE40A2

split-complementary

#AE8340 #40A2AE #4C40AE

monochromatic

#55401F #816130 #AE8340 #C6A065 #D7BC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE8340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8340

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8340	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a677',
    500: '#ae8340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8340;
$custom-light: #c9a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63837,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8340

secondary

#889FC2

accent

#86D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8340

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

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