#AE843C#AE843C

#AE843C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE843C
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 8.32, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 44.86, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0205 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.103 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5240, 25.8293, 7.8626)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE843C #3C66AE

analogous

#AE4B3C #AE843C #9FAE3C

triadic

#AE843C #3CAE84 #843CAE

tetradic

#AE843C #3CAE4B #3C66AE #AE3C9F

square

#AE843C #3CAE4B #3C66AE #AE3C9F

split-complementary

#AE843C #3C9FAE #4B3CAE

monochromatic

#533F1D #80612C #AE843C #C8A15F #D8BC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE843C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AE843C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE843C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE843C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE843C	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae843c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa775',
    500: '#ae843c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae843c;
$custom-light: #caa775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae843c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63992,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE843C

secondary

#839BC2

accent

#82D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE843C

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

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