#AE8749#AE8749

#AE8749 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8749
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 7.59, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 39.35, 78.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0202 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.093 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3235, 26.8094, 10.0376)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8749 #4970AE

analogous

#AE5449 #AE8749 #A2AE49

triadic

#AE8749 #49AE87 #8749AE

tetradic

#AE8749 #49AE54 #4970AE #AE49A2

square

#AE8749 #49AE54 #4970AE #AE49A2

split-complementary

#AE8749 #49A2AE #5449AE

monochromatic

#584425 #836637 #AE8749 #C3A371 #D5BF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE8749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AE8749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8749

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8749	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a97d',
    500: '#ae8749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8749;
$custom-light: #c9a97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.832,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64762,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8749

secondary

#91A4C2

accent

#86D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8749

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

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