#AE892B#AE892B

#AE892B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.117 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE892B
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 4.60, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 53.06, 85.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0075 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.117 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8389, 27.0662, 6.0957)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE892B #2B50AE

analogous

#AE472B #AE892B #92AE2B

triadic

#AE892B #2BAE89 #892BAE

tetradic

#AE892B #2BAE47 #2B50AE #AE2B92

square

#AE892B #2BAE47 #2B50AE #AE2B92

split-complementary

#AE892B #2B92AE #472BAE

monochromatic

#4C3C13 #7D621F #AE892B #D1AA45 #DDC076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE892B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE892B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE892B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE892B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE892B	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#9A881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae892b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.117 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6b',
    500: '#ae892b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae892b;
$custom-light: #caab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae892b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64858,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE892B

secondary

#7088C5

accent

#71E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE892B

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

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