#AE862C#AE862C

#AE862C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.115 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE862C
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 6.31, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 52.08, 83.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.0126 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.115 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4369, 26.2326, 6.0534)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE862C #2C54AE

analogous

#AE452C #AE862C #95AE2C

triadic

#AE862C #2CAE86 #862CAE

tetradic

#AE862C #2CAE45 #2C54AE #AE2C95

square

#AE862C #2CAE45 #2C54AE #AE2C95

split-complementary

#AE862C #2C95AE #452CAE

monochromatic

#4C3B13 #7D6020 #AE862C #D0A647 #DDBE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AE862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#AE862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE862C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE862C	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.115 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96b',
    500: '#ae862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae862c;
$custom-light: #caa96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64249,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE862C

secondary

#718BC5

accent

#76E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE862C

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

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