#AE8A2A#AE8A2A

#AE8A2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.118 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A2A
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 4.00, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 53.65, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0057 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.118 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9636, 27.3446, 6.0479)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A2A #2A4EAE

analogous

#AE482A #AE8A2A #90AE2A

triadic

#AE8A2A #2AAE8A #8A2AAE

tetradic

#AE8A2A #2AAE48 #2A4EAE #AE2A90

square

#AE8A2A #2AAE48 #2A4EAE #AE2A90

split-complementary

#AE8A2A #2A90AE #482AAE

monochromatic

#4B3C12 #7D631E #AE8A2A #D2AB43 #DEC175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A2A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A2A	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.118 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6a',
    500: '#ae8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a2a;
$custom-light: #caab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65058,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A2A

secondary

#6F86C5

accent

#6FE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A2A

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

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