#AE852E#AE852E

#AE852E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.113 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE852E
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 6.96, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 51.10, 82.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.0147 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.113 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3379, 25.9729, 6.2103)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE852E #2E57AE

analogous

#AE452E #AE852E #97AE2E

triadic

#AE852E #2EAE85 #852EAE

tetradic

#AE852E #2EAE45 #2E57AE #AE2E97

square

#AE852E #2EAE45 #2E57AE #AE2E97

split-complementary

#AE852E #2E97AE #452EAE

monochromatic

#4D3B14 #7E6021 #AE852E #CFA54A #DCBD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AE852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE852E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE852E	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)

#968522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.113 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86c',
    500: '#ae852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae852e;
$custom-light: #caa86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.781,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6406,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE852E

secondary

#748DC4

accent

#78E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE852E

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

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