#AE873E#AE873E

#AE873E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.102 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE873E
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 62)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 6.78, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 44.52, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0163 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.102 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9905, 26.6762, 8.2839)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE873E #3E65AE

analogous

#AE4F3E #AE873E #9DAE3E

triadic

#AE873E #3EAE87 #873EAE

tetradic

#AE873E #3EAE4F #3E65AE #AE3E9D

square

#AE873E #3EAE4F #3E65AE #AE3E9D

split-complementary

#AE873E #3E9DAE #4F3EAE

monochromatic

#54411E #81642E #AE873E #C7A462 #D7BE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE873E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#AE873E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE873E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE873E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE873E	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)

#978736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae873e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.102 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a976',
    500: '#ae873e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae873e;
$custom-light: #c9a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae873e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.107,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64625,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE873E

secondary

#869BC2

accent

#80D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE873E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →