#AE8745#AE8745

#AE8745 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.097 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8745
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 7.28, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 41.25, 79.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.0187 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.097 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1951, 26.7581, 9.3615)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8745 #456CAE

analogous

#AE5245 #AE8745 #A1AE45

triadic

#AE8745 #45AE87 #8745AE

tetradic

#AE8745 #45AE52 #456CAE #AE45A1

square

#AE8745 #45AE52 #456CAE #AE45A1

split-complementary

#AE8745 #45A1AE #5245AE

monochromatic

#564322 #826534 #AE8745 #C5A46C #D6BF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8745

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8745	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)

#97883F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.097 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a97b',
    500: '#ae8745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8745;
$custom-light: #c9a97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6471,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8745

secondary

#8DA1C2

accent

#84D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8745

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

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