#AE843A#AE843A

#AE843A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.105 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE843A
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 58)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 8.19, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 45.77, 79.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.0199 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.105 79)
XYZ	xyz(26.4721, 25.8086, 7.5894)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE843A #3A64AE

analogous

#AE4A3A #AE843A #9EAE3A

triadic

#AE843A #3AAE84 #843AAE

tetradic

#AE843A #3AAE4A #3A64AE #AE3A9E

square

#AE843A #3AAE4A #3A64AE #AE3A9E

split-complementary

#AE843A #3A9EAE #4A3AAE

monochromatic

#523E1B #80612B #AE843A #C9A25C #D8BC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE843A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AE843A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE843A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE843A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE843A	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae843a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.105 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa773',
    500: '#ae843a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae843a;
$custom-light: #caa773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae843a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6397,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.25807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE843A

secondary

#8199C2

accent

#81DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE843A

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

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