#AE862E#AE862E

#AE862E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.114 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE862E
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 6.40, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 51.28, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0131 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.114 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4754, 26.2480, 6.2562)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE862E #2E56AE

analogous

#AE462E #AE862E #96AE2E

triadic

#AE862E #2EAE86 #862EAE

tetradic

#AE862E #2EAE46 #2E56AE #AE2E96

square

#AE862E #2EAE46 #2E56AE #AE2E96

split-complementary

#AE862E #2E96AE #462EAE

monochromatic

#4D3B14 #7E6121 #AE862E #CFA64A #DCBD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AE862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#AE862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE862E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE862E	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)

#978622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.114 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96c',
    500: '#ae862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae862e;
$custom-light: #caa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64265,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE862E

secondary

#748DC4

accent

#77E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE862E

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

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