#AE8644#AE8644

#AE8644 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.097 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8644
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 68)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, 7.76, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 41.53, 79.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.02 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.097 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0255, 26.4680, 9.1531)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8644 #446CAE

analogous

#AE5144 #AE8644 #A1AE44

triadic

#AE8644 #44AE86 #8644AE

tetradic

#AE8644 #44AE51 #446CAE #AE44A1

square

#AE8644 #44AE51 #446CAE #AE44A1

split-complementary

#AE8644 #44A1AE #5144AE

monochromatic

#564222 #826433 #AE8644 #C5A36A #D6BE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE8644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#AE8644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8644

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8644	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.097 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a97a',
    500: '#ae8644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8644;
$custom-light: #c9a97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64493,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8644

secondary

#8CA0C2

accent

#84D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8644

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

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