#AE8A2C#AE8A2C

#AE8A2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A2C
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 4.09, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 52.88, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0062 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.117 87)
XYZ	xyz(27.0003, 27.3593, 6.2411)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A2C #2C50AE

analogous

#AE492C #AE8A2C #91AE2C

triadic

#AE8A2C #2CAE8A #8A2CAE

tetradic

#AE8A2C #2CAE49 #2C50AE #AE2C91

square

#AE8A2C #2CAE49 #2C50AE #AE2C91

split-complementary

#AE8A2C #2C91AE #492CAE

monochromatic

#4C3D13 #7D6320 #AE8A2C #D0AA47 #DDC178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A2C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A2C	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)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6c',
    500: '#ae8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a2c;
$custom-light: #caab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65073,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.27357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A2C

secondary

#7188C5

accent

#71E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A2C

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

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