#AE892E#AE892E

#AE892E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE892E
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 4.74, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 51.88, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0083 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.115 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8960, 27.0891, 6.3963)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE892E #2E53AE

analogous

#AE492E #AE892E #93AE2E

triadic

#AE892E #2EAE89 #892EAE

tetradic

#AE892E #2EAE49 #2E53AE #AE2E93

square

#AE892E #2EAE49 #2E53AE #AE2E93

split-complementary

#AE892E #2E93AE #492EAE

monochromatic

#4D3D14 #7E6321 #AE892E #CFA94A #DCC07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE892E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AE892E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE892E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE892E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE892E	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae892e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6d',
    500: '#ae892e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae892e;
$custom-light: #caab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae892e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.656,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64881,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE892E

secondary

#748BC4

accent

#73E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE892E

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

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