#AE862D#AE862D

#AE862D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.114 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE862D
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 6.36, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 51.68, 82.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0128 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.114 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4560, 26.2402, 6.1536)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE862D #2D55AE

analogous

#AE452D #AE862D #96AE2D

triadic

#AE862D #2DAE86 #862DAE

tetradic

#AE862D #2DAE45 #2D55AE #AE2D96

square

#AE862D #2DAE45 #2D55AE #AE2D96

split-complementary

#AE862D #2D96AE #452DAE

monochromatic

#4D3B14 #7D6120 #AE862D #D0A648 #DCBE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AE862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#AE862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE862D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE862D	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)

#978620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.114 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96c',
    500: '#ae862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae862d;
$custom-light: #caa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64256,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE862D

secondary

#728CC4

accent

#76E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE862D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →