#AE8440#AE8440

#AE8440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8440
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 8.59, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 43.03, 78.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.0219 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.1 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6338, 25.8732, 8.4407)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8440 #406AAE

analogous

#AE4D40 #AE8440 #A1AE40

triadic

#AE8440 #40AE84 #8440AE

tetradic

#AE8440 #40AE4D #406AAE #AE40A1

square

#AE8440 #40AE4D #406AAE #AE40A1

split-complementary

#AE8440 #40A1AE #4D40AE

monochromatic

#55401F #816230 #AE8440 #C6A165 #D7BC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AE8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8440

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8440	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a777',
    500: '#ae8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8440;
$custom-light: #c9a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64039,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8440

secondary

#889EC2

accent

#84D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8440

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

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