#AE892C#AE892C

#AE892C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.116 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE892C
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 4.65, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 52.67, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0078 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.116 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8575, 27.0737, 6.1935)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE892C #2C51AE

analogous

#AE482C #AE892C #92AE2C

triadic

#AE892C #2CAE89 #892CAE

tetradic

#AE892C #2CAE48 #2C51AE #AE2C92

square

#AE892C #2CAE48 #2C51AE #AE2C92

split-complementary

#AE892C #2C92AE #482CAE

monochromatic

#4C3C13 #7D6320 #AE892C #D0A947 #DDC078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE892C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE892C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE892C

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE892C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE892C	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)

#9A881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae892c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.116 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6b',
    500: '#ae892c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae892c;
$custom-light: #caab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae892c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64866,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE892C

secondary

#7189C5

accent

#72E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE892C

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

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