#AE893E#AE893E

#AE893E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.103 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE893E
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 5.67, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 44.94, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0131 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.103 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2722, 27.2396, 8.3778)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE893E #3E63AE

analogous

#AE513E #AE893E #9BAE3E

triadic

#AE893E #3EAE89 #893EAE

tetradic

#AE893E #3EAE51 #3E63AE #AE3E9B

square

#AE893E #3EAE51 #3E63AE #AE3E9B

split-complementary

#AE893E #3E9BAE #513EAE

monochromatic

#54421E #81652E #AE893E #C7A662 #D7BF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE893E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AE893E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE893E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE893E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE893E	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)

#998936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae893e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.103 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab76',
    500: '#ae893e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae893e;
$custom-light: #c9ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae893e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.179,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65035,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE893E

secondary

#869AC2

accent

#7DD751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE893E

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

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