#AE8A2B#AE8A2B

#AE8A2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A2B
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 4.05, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 53.27, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0059 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.117 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9817, 27.3519, 6.1433)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A2B #2B4FAE

analogous

#AE482B #AE8A2B #91AE2B

triadic

#AE8A2B #2BAE8A #8A2BAE

tetradic

#AE8A2B #2BAE48 #2B4FAE #AE2B91

square

#AE8A2B #2BAE48 #2B4FAE #AE2B91

split-complementary

#AE8A2B #2B91AE #482BAE

monochromatic

#4C3C13 #7D631F #AE8A2B #D1AB45 #DDC176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A2B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6b',
    500: '#ae8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a2b;
$custom-light: #caab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A2B

secondary

#7087C5

accent

#70E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A2B

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

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