#AE893C#AE893C

#AE893C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.105 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE893C
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 60)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 5.53, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 45.85, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0124 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.105 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2183, 27.2180, 8.0941)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE893C #3C61AE

analogous

#AE503C #AE893C #9AAE3C

triadic

#AE893C #3CAE89 #893CAE

tetradic

#AE893C #3CAE50 #3C61AE #AE3C9A

square

#AE893C #3CAE50 #3C61AE #AE3C9A

split-complementary

#AE893C #3C9AAE #503CAE

monochromatic

#53411D #80652C #AE893C #C8A65F #D8BF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE893C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AE893C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE893C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE893C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE893C	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)

#998934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae893c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.105 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab75',
    500: '#ae893c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae893c;
$custom-light: #caab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae893c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65013,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE893C

secondary

#8398C2

accent

#7CD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE893C

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

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