#AE8742#AE8742

#AE8742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.099 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8742
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 7.06, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 42.66, 80.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.0177 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.099 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1044, 26.7218, 8.8834)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8742 #4269AE

analogous

#AE5142 #AE8742 #9FAE42

triadic

#AE8742 #42AE87 #8742AE

tetradic

#AE8742 #42AE51 #4269AE #AE429F

square

#AE8742 #42AE51 #4269AE #AE429F

split-complementary

#AE8742 #429FAE #5142AE

monochromatic

#554220 #826531 #AE8742 #C6A468 #D6BE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE8742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8742

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8742	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)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.099 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a979',
    500: '#ae8742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8742;
$custom-light: #c9a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64672,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8742

secondary

#8A9EC2

accent

#82D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8742

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

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