#AE892A#AE892A

#AE892A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.117 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE892A
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 4.55, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 53.45, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0073 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.117 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8208, 27.0590, 6.0003)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE892A #2A4FAE

analogous

#AE472A #AE892A #91AE2A

triadic

#AE892A #2AAE89 #892AAE

tetradic

#AE892A #2AAE47 #2A4FAE #AE2A91

square

#AE892A #2AAE47 #2A4FAE #AE2A91

split-complementary

#AE892A #2A91AE #472AAE

monochromatic

#4B3B12 #7D621E #AE892A #D2AA43 #DEC075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE892A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE892A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE892A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE892A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE892A	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae892a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.117 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6a',
    500: '#ae892a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae892a;
$custom-light: #caab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae892a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64851,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE892A

secondary

#6F87C5

accent

#71E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE892A

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

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