#AE8741#AE8741

#AE8741 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.100 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8741
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 6.98, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 43.13, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0173 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.1 80)
XYZ	xyz(27.0751, 26.7101, 8.7295)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8741 #4168AE

analogous

#AE5041 #AE8741 #9FAE41

triadic

#AE8741 #41AE87 #8741AE

tetradic

#AE8741 #41AE50 #4168AE #AE419F

square

#AE8741 #41AE50 #4168AE #AE419F

split-complementary

#AE8741 #419FAE #5041AE

monochromatic

#554220 #816430 #AE8741 #C6A466 #D7BE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE8741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8741

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8741	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97873A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.100 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a978',
    500: '#ae8741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8741;
$custom-light: #c9a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.532,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6466,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.26708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8741

secondary

#899DC2

accent

#81D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8741

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

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