#AE842A#AE842A

#AE842A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.115 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE842A
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 7.33, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 52.50, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.0153 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.115 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1264, 25.6703, 5.7689)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE842A #2A54AE

analogous

#AE422A #AE842A #96AE2A

triadic

#AE842A #2AAE84 #842AAE

tetradic

#AE842A #2AAE42 #2A54AE #AE2A96

square

#AE842A #2AAE42 #2A54AE #AE2A96

split-complementary

#AE842A #2A96AE #422AAE

monochromatic

#4B3912 #7D5F1E #AE842A #D2A443 #DEBC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#AE842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE842A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE842A	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)

#95841C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.115 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba76a',
    500: '#ae842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae842a;
$custom-light: #cba76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63825,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE842A

secondary

#6F8AC5

accent

#77E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE842A

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

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