#AE882B#AE882B

#AE882B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.116 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE882B
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 5.15, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 52.86, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.0091 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.116 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6974, 26.7833, 6.0486)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE882B #2B51AE

analogous

#AE462B #AE882B #93AE2B

triadic

#AE882B #2BAE88 #882BAE

tetradic

#AE882B #2BAE46 #2B51AE #AE2B93

square

#AE882B #2BAE46 #2B51AE #AE2B93

split-complementary

#AE882B #2B93AE #462BAE

monochromatic

#4C3B13 #7D621F #AE882B #D1A845 #DDBF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE882B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AE882B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE882B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE882B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE882B	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)

#99881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae882b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.116 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6b',
    500: '#ae882b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae882b;
$custom-light: #caaa6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae882b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64652,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE882B

secondary

#7089C5

accent

#72E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE882B

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

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