#AE862F#AE862F

#AE862F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.113 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE862F
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 47)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 6.45, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 50.87, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0134 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.113 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4954, 26.2560, 6.3612)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE862F #2F57AE

analogous

#AE462F #AE862F #96AE2F

triadic

#AE862F #2FAE86 #862FAE

tetradic

#AE862F #2FAE46 #2F57AE #AE2F96

square

#AE862F #2FAE46 #2F57AE #AE2F96

split-complementary

#AE862F #2F96AE #462FAE

monochromatic

#4E3C15 #7E6122 #AE862F #CFA54C #DCBD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AE862F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#AE862F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE862F

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE862F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE862F	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)

#978623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae862f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.113 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96d',
    500: '#ae862f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae862f;
$custom-light: #caa96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae862f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.102,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64273,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE862F

secondary

#758EC4

accent

#77E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE862F

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

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