#AE8451#AE8451

#AE8451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.085 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8451
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 9.94, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 35.02, 73.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0282 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.085 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1933, 26.0971, 11.3879)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8451 #517BAE

analogous

#AE5551 #AE8451 #AAAE51

triadic

#AE8451 #51AE84 #8451AE

tetradic

#AE8451 #51AE55 #517BAE #AE51AA

square

#AE8451 #51AE55 #517BAE #AE51AA

split-complementary

#AE8451 #51AAAE #5551AE

monochromatic

#5A452A #84643E #AE8451 #C1A27B #D5BFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AE8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8451

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8451	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.085 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a783',
    500: '#ae8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8451;
$custom-light: #c9a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8451

secondary

#99ABC2

accent

#8ECC5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8451

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

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