#AE882D#AE882D

#AE882D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.115 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE882D
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 5.25, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 52.07, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.0096 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.115 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7350, 26.7983, 6.2466)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE882D #2D53AE

analogous

#AE482D #AE882D #93AE2D

triadic

#AE882D #2DAE88 #882DAE

tetradic

#AE882D #2DAE48 #2D53AE #AE2D93

square

#AE882D #2DAE48 #2D53AE #AE2D93

split-complementary

#AE882D #2D93AE #482DAE

monochromatic

#4D3C14 #7D6220 #AE882D #D0A848 #DCBF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE882D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AE882D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE882D

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE882D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE882D	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)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae882d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.115 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6c',
    500: '#ae882d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae882d;
$custom-light: #caaa6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae882d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64667,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE882D

secondary

#728BC4

accent

#74E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE882D

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

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