#AE8949#AE8949

#AE8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.094 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8949
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 6.48, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 39.76, 80.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0169 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.094 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6052, 27.3728, 10.1315)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8949 #496EAE

analogous

#AE5649 #AE8949 #A0AE49

triadic

#AE8949 #49AE89 #8949AE

tetradic

#AE8949 #49AE56 #496EAE #AE49A0

square

#AE8949 #49AE56 #496EAE #AE49A0

split-complementary

#AE8949 #49A0AE #5649AE

monochromatic

#584525 #836737 #AE8949 #C3A571 #D5C09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8949

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8949	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.094 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab7d',
    500: '#ae8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8949;
$custom-light: #c9ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.02,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6517,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8949

secondary

#91A3C2

accent

#84D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8949

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

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