#AE873A#AE873A

#AE873A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.106 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE873A
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 58)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 6.52, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 46.34, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.015 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.106 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8848, 26.6339, 7.7270)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE873A #3A61AE

analogous

#AE4D3A #AE873A #9BAE3A

triadic

#AE873A #3AAE87 #873AAE

tetradic

#AE873A #3AAE4D #3A61AE #AE3A9B

square

#AE873A #3AAE4D #3A61AE #AE3A9B

split-complementary

#AE873A #3A9BAE #4D3AAE

monochromatic

#52401B #80632B #AE873A #C9A45C #D8BE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE873A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#AE873A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE873A

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE873A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE873A	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae873a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.106 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa974',
    500: '#ae873a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae873a;
$custom-light: #caa974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae873a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64581,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE873A

secondary

#8197C2

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE873A

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

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