#AE882E#AE882E

#AE882E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.114 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE882E
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 5.29, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 51.67, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0099 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.114 85)
XYZ	xyz(26.7545, 26.8061, 6.3492)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE882E #2E54AE

analogous

#AE482E #AE882E #94AE2E

triadic

#AE882E #2EAE88 #882EAE

tetradic

#AE882E #2EAE48 #2E54AE #AE2E94

square

#AE882E #2EAE48 #2E54AE #AE2E94

split-complementary

#AE882E #2E94AE #482EAE

monochromatic

#4D3C14 #7E6221 #AE882E #CFA84A #DCBF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE882E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AE882E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE882E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE882E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE882E	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)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae882e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.114 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6c',
    500: '#ae882e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae882e;
$custom-light: #caaa6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae882e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64675,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.26804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE882E

secondary

#748CC4

accent

#74E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE882E

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

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