#AE844A#AE844A

#AE844A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.091 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE844A
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 74)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 9.34, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 38.34, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0255 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.091 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9443, 25.9974, 10.0761)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE844A #4A74AE

analogous

#AE524A #AE844A #A6AE4A

triadic

#AE844A #4AAE84 #844AAE

tetradic

#AE844A #4AAE52 #4A74AE #AE4AA6

square

#AE844A #4AAE52 #4A74AE #AE4AA6

split-complementary

#AE844A #4AA6AE #524AAE

monochromatic

#584325 #836338 #AE844A #C3A172 #D5BE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE844A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AE844A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE844A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE844A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE844A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae844a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.091 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a77e',
    500: '#ae844a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae844a;
$custom-light: #c9a77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae844a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64169,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE844A

secondary

#92A6C2

accent

#8AD058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE844A

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

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