#AE8A2E#AE8A2E

#AE8A2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.115 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A2E
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 4.19, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 52.09, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0067 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.115 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0388, 27.3747, 6.4439)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A2E #2E52AE

analogous

#AE4A2E #AE8A2E #92AE2E

triadic

#AE8A2E #2EAE8A #8A2EAE

tetradic

#AE8A2E #2EAE4A #2E52AE #AE2E92

square

#AE8A2E #2EAE4A #2E52AE #AE2E92

split-complementary

#AE8A2E #2E92AE #4A2EAE

monochromatic

#4D3D14 #7E6421 #AE8A2E #CFAA4A #DCC17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A2E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A2E	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)

#9B8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.115 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6d',
    500: '#ae8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a2e;
$custom-light: #caab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65088,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A2E

secondary

#748AC4

accent

#72E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A2E

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

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