#AE882A#AE882A

#AE882A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE882A
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 5.11, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 53.24, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0089 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.117 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6793, 26.7760, 5.9531)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE882A #2A50AE

analogous

#AE462A #AE882A #92AE2A

triadic

#AE882A #2AAE88 #882AAE

tetradic

#AE882A #2AAE46 #2A50AE #AE2A92

square

#AE882A #2AAE46 #2A50AE #AE2A92

split-complementary

#AE882A #2A92AE #462AAE

monochromatic

#4B3B12 #7D611E #AE882A #D2A943 #DEBF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE882A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE882A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE882A

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE882A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE882A	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	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)

#99881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae882a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6a',
    500: '#ae882a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae882a;
$custom-light: #caaa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae882a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64644,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE882A

secondary

#6F88C5

accent

#72E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE882A

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

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