#AE852C#AE852C

#AE852C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE852C
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 6.86, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 51.90, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.0142 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.115 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2994, 25.9575, 6.0075)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE852C #2C55AE

analogous

#AE442C #AE852C #96AE2C

triadic

#AE852C #2CAE85 #852CAE

tetradic

#AE852C #2CAE44 #2C55AE #AE2C96

square

#AE852C #2CAE44 #2C55AE #AE2C96

split-complementary

#AE852C #2C96AE #442CAE

monochromatic

#4C3A13 #7D6020 #AE852C #D0A547 #DDBD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AE852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE852C

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE852C	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86b',
    500: '#ae852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae852c;
$custom-light: #caa86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64044,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE852C

secondary

#718BC5

accent

#77E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE852C

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

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