#AE873B#AE873B

#AE873B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.105 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE873B
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 6.58, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 45.89, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0153 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.105 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9105, 26.6442, 7.8623)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE873B #3B62AE

analogous

#AE4D3B #AE873B #9BAE3B

triadic

#AE873B #3BAE87 #873BAE

tetradic

#AE873B #3BAE4D #3B62AE #AE3B9B

square

#AE873B #3BAE4D #3B62AE #AE3B9B

split-complementary

#AE873B #3B9BAE #4D3BAE

monochromatic

#53401C #80642C #AE873B #C8A45E #D8BE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#AE873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE873B

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE873B	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)

#978733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.105 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa974',
    500: '#ae873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae873b;
$custom-light: #caa974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.652,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64592,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE873B

secondary

#8298C2

accent

#7ED94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE873B

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

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