#AE893F#AE893F

#AE893F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.102 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE893F
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 5.73, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 44.48, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0134 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.102 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2999, 27.2506, 8.5237)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE893F #3F64AE

analogous

#AE523F #AE893F #9CAE3F

triadic

#AE893F #3FAE89 #893FAE

tetradic

#AE893F #3FAE52 #3F64AE #AE3F9C

square

#AE893F #3FAE52 #3F64AE #AE3F9C

split-complementary

#AE893F #3F9CAE #523FAE

monochromatic

#54421E #81662F #AE893F #C7A664 #D7BF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE893F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AE893F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE893F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE893F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE893F	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)

#998937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae893f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.102 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab77',
    500: '#ae893f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae893f;
$custom-light: #c9ab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae893f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65046,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE893F

secondary

#879BC2

accent

#7ED651

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE893F

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

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