#AE853B#AE853B

#AE853B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.104 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE853B
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 7.69, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 45.50, 80.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0186 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.104 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6341, 26.0914, 7.7702)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE853B #3B64AE

analogous

#AE4C3B #AE853B #9DAE3B

triadic

#AE853B #3BAE85 #853BAE

tetradic

#AE853B #3BAE4C #3B64AE #AE3B9D

square

#AE853B #3BAE4C #3B64AE #AE3B9D

split-complementary

#AE853B #3B9DAE #4C3BAE

monochromatic

#533F1C #80622C #AE853B #C8A25E #D8BD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AE853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE853B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE853B	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)

#958633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.104 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa874',
    500: '#ae853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae853b;
$custom-light: #caa874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.609,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64184,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE853B

secondary

#8299C2

accent

#80D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE853B

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

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