#AE8945#AE8945

#AE8945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.097 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8945
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 6.17, 41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 41.67, 81.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0155 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.097 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4768, 27.3214, 9.4554)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8945 #456AAE

analogous

#AE5445 #AE8945 #9FAE45

triadic

#AE8945 #45AE89 #8945AE

tetradic

#AE8945 #45AE54 #456AAE #AE459F

square

#AE8945 #45AE54 #456AAE #AE459F

split-complementary

#AE8945 #459FAE #5445AE

monochromatic

#564422 #826634 #AE8945 #C5A56C #D6C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8945

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8945	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.097 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab7b',
    500: '#ae8945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8945;
$custom-light: #c9ab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65118,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8945

secondary

#8DA0C2

accent

#81D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8945

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

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