#AE8A2D#AE8A2D

#AE8A2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A2D
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 4.14, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 52.49, 85.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0064 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.116 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0193, 27.3669, 6.3413)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A2D #2D51AE

analogous

#AE4A2D #AE8A2D #91AE2D

triadic

#AE8A2D #2DAE8A #8A2DAE

tetradic

#AE8A2D #2DAE4A #2D51AE #AE2D91

square

#AE8A2D #2DAE4A #2D51AE #AE2D91

split-complementary

#AE8A2D #2D91AE #4A2DAE

monochromatic

#4D3D14 #7D6320 #AE8A2D #D0AA48 #DCC179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A2D

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A2D	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)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6c',
    500: '#ae8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a2d;
$custom-light: #caab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A2D

secondary

#7289C4

accent

#71E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A2D

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

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