#AE883C#AE883C

#AE883C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.104 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE883C
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 6.09, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 45.64, 82.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.014 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.104 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0768, 26.9350, 8.0469)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE883C #3C62AE

analogous

#AE4F3C #AE883C #9BAE3C

triadic

#AE883C #3CAE88 #883CAE

tetradic

#AE883C #3CAE4F #3C62AE #AE3C9B

square

#AE883C #3CAE4F #3C62AE #AE3C9B

split-complementary

#AE883C #3C9BAE #4F3CAE

monochromatic

#53411D #80642C #AE883C #C8A55F #D8BF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AE883C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#AE883C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE883C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE883C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE883C	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae883c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.104 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa75',
    500: '#ae883c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae883c;
$custom-light: #caaa75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae883c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64808,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE883C

secondary

#8398C2

accent

#7DD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE883C

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

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