#AE8346#AE8346

#AE8346 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.095 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8346
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 9.58, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 40.06, 76.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0256 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.095 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6788, 25.6753, 9.3438)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8346 #4671AE

analogous

#AE4F46 #AE8346 #A5AE46

triadic

#AE8346 #46AE83 #8346AE

tetradic

#AE8346 #46AE4F #4671AE #AE46A5

square

#AE8346 #46AE4F #4671AE #AE46A5

split-complementary

#AE8346 #46A5AE #4F46AE

monochromatic

#574123 #826234 #AE8346 #C4A06D #D6BC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE8346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#AE8346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8346

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8346	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.095 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a77b',
    500: '#ae8346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8346;
$custom-light: #c9a77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.192,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8346

secondary

#8EA3C2

accent

#89D255

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8346

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

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