#AE853D#AE853D

#AE853D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE853D
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 7.82, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 44.59, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.0192 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.103 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6869, 26.1125, 8.0486)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE853D #3D66AE

analogous

#AE4C3D #AE853D #9EAE3D

triadic

#AE853D #3DAE85 #853DAE

tetradic

#AE853D #3DAE4C #3D66AE #AE3D9E

square

#AE853D #3DAE4C #3D66AE #AE3D9E

split-complementary

#AE853D #3D9EAE #4C3DAE

monochromatic

#53401D #81622D #AE853D #C8A261 #D7BD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AE853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE853D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE853D	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)

#958635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa875',
    500: '#ae853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae853d;
$custom-light: #caa875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.23,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64206,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE853D

secondary

#859BC2

accent

#81D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE853D

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

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