#AE842E#AE842E

#AE842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.113 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE842E
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 7.52, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 50.92, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0163 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.113 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2016, 25.7004, 6.1649)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE842E #2E58AE

analogous

#AE442E #AE842E #98AE2E

triadic

#AE842E #2EAE84 #842EAE

tetradic

#AE842E #2EAE44 #2E58AE #AE2E98

square

#AE842E #2EAE44 #2E58AE #AE2E98

split-complementary

#AE842E #2E98AE #442EAE

monochromatic

#4D3B14 #7E5F21 #AE842E #CFA34A #DCBC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AE842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE842E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE842E	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.113 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa76c',
    500: '#ae842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae842e;
$custom-light: #caa76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63856,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE842E

secondary

#748EC4

accent

#79E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE842E

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

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