#AE8746#AE8746

#AE8746 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.096 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8746
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 7.35, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 40.78, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.0191 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.096 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2264, 26.7706, 9.5264)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8746 #466DAE

analogous

#AE5346 #AE8746 #A1AE46

triadic

#AE8746 #46AE87 #8746AE

tetradic

#AE8746 #46AE53 #466DAE #AE46A1

square

#AE8746 #46AE53 #466DAE #AE46A1

split-complementary

#AE8746 #46A1AE #5346AE

monochromatic

#574323 #826534 #AE8746 #C4A46D #D6BF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8746 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8746 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8746

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8746	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8746	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)

#968840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8746;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.096 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a97b',
    500: '#ae8746',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8746;
$custom-light: #c9a97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8746",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64722,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8746

secondary

#8EA1C2

accent

#84D255

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8746

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

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