#AE8744#AE8744

#AE8744 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.097 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8744
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 7.20, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 41.73, 80.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.0184 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.097 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1644, 26.7458, 9.1994)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8744 #446BAE

analogous

#AE5244 #AE8744 #A0AE44

triadic

#AE8744 #44AE87 #8744AE

tetradic

#AE8744 #44AE52 #446BAE #AE44A0

square

#AE8744 #44AE52 #446BAE #AE44A0

split-complementary

#AE8744 #44A0AE #5244AE

monochromatic

#564322 #826533 #AE8744 #C5A46A #D6BF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8744

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8744	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.097 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a97a',
    500: '#ae8744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8744;
$custom-light: #c9a97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.925,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64697,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8744

secondary

#8CA0C2

accent

#83D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8744

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

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