#AE893D#AE893D

#AE893D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.104 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE893D
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 5.60, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 45.40, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0127 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.104 83)
XYZ	xyz(27.2450, 27.2287, 8.2346)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE893D #3D62AE

analogous

#AE503D #AE893D #9AAE3D

triadic

#AE893D #3DAE89 #893DAE

tetradic

#AE893D #3DAE50 #3D62AE #AE3D9A

square

#AE893D #3DAE50 #3D62AE #AE3D9A

split-complementary

#AE893D #3D9AAE #503DAE

monochromatic

#53421D #81652D #AE893D #C8A661 #D7BF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE893D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AE893D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE893D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE893D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE893D	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae893d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.104 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab76',
    500: '#ae893d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae893d;
$custom-light: #c9ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae893d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.354,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65024,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.27227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE893D

secondary

#8599C2

accent

#7DD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE893D

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

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