#AE8A2F#AE8A2F

#AE8A2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.115 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A2F
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 4.24, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 51.69, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.007 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.115 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0587, 27.3827, 6.5490)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A2F #2F53AE

analogous

#AE4A2F #AE8A2F #92AE2F

triadic

#AE8A2F #2FAE8A #8A2FAE

tetradic

#AE8A2F #2FAE4A #2F53AE #AE2F92

square

#AE8A2F #2FAE4A #2F53AE #AE2F92

split-complementary

#AE8A2F #2F92AE #4A2FAE

monochromatic

#4E3E15 #7E6422 #AE8A2F #CFA94C #DCC07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AE8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A2F

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A2F	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.115 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6d',
    500: '#ae8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a2f;
$custom-light: #caab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65096,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A2F

secondary

#758BC4

accent

#73E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A2F

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

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