#AE8553#AE8553

#AE8553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.084 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8553
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 9.57, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 34.22, 73.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0273 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.084 71)
XYZ	xyz(27.4057, 26.4000, 11.8342)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8553 #537CAE

analogous

#AE5753 #AE8553 #A9AE53

triadic

#AE8553 #53AE85 #8553AE

tetradic

#AE8553 #53AE57 #537CAE #AE53A9

square

#AE8553 #53AE57 #537CAE #AE53A9

split-complementary

#AE8553 #53A9AE #5753AE

monochromatic

#5C462B #85653F #AE8553 #C2A37D #D5C0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE8553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#AE8553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8553

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8553	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93874F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.084 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a884',
    500: '#ae8553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8553;
$custom-light: #c8a884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.967,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64506,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.26398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8553

secondary

#9AACC3

accent

#8ECC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#130F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8553

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

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