#AE893B#AE893B

#AE893B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.106 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE893B
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 5.47, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 46.31, 83.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0121 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.106 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1922, 27.2075, 7.9562)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE893B #3B60AE

analogous

#AE503B #AE893B #99AE3B

triadic

#AE893B #3BAE89 #893BAE

tetradic

#AE893B #3BAE50 #3B60AE #AE3B99

square

#AE893B #3BAE50 #3B60AE #AE3B99

split-complementary

#AE893B #3B99AE #503BAE

monochromatic

#53411C #80652C #AE893B #C8A65E #D8BF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE893B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AE893B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE893B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE893B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE893B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae893b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.106 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab74',
    500: '#ae893b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae893b;
$custom-light: #caab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae893b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65002,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE893B

secondary

#8297C2

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE893B

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

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