#AE844D#AE844D

#AE844D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.089 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE844D
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 77)
HSL	hsl(34, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 9.59, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 36.92, 74.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.0266 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.089 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0477, 26.0388, 10.6211)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE844D #4D77AE

analogous

#AE544D #AE844D #A7AE4D

triadic

#AE844D #4DAE84 #844DAE

tetradic

#AE844D #4DAE54 #4D77AE #AE4DA7

square

#AE844D #4DAE54 #4D77AE #AE4DA7

split-complementary

#AE844D #4DA7AE #544DAE

monochromatic

#594427 #84643A #AE844D #C2A176 #D5BEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE844D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#AE844D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE844D

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE844D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE844D	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae844d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.089 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a780',
    500: '#ae844d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae844d;
$custom-light: #c9a780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae844d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.021,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64213,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE844D

secondary

#95A8C2

accent

#8CCF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE844D

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