#AE843B#AE843B

#AE843B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.104 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE843B
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 8.25, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 45.32, 79.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0202 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.104 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4978, 25.8188, 7.7247)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE843B #3B65AE

analogous

#AE4A3B #AE843B #9EAE3B

triadic

#AE843B #3BAE84 #843BAE

tetradic

#AE843B #3BAE4A #3B65AE #AE3B9E

square

#AE843B #3BAE4A #3B65AE #AE3B9E

split-complementary

#AE843B #3B9EAE #4A3BAE

monochromatic

#533F1C #80612C #AE843B #C8A15E #D8BC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AE843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE843B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE843B	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)

#958533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.104 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa774',
    500: '#ae843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae843b;
$custom-light: #caa774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE843B

secondary

#829AC2

accent

#81D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE843B

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

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