#AE8A3A#AE8A3A

#AE8A3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.107 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A3A
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 4.85, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 46.98, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0102 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.107 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3093, 27.4829, 7.8685)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A3A #3A5EAE

analogous

#AE503A #AE8A3A #98AE3A

triadic

#AE8A3A #3AAE8A #8A3AAE

tetradic

#AE8A3A #3AAE50 #3A5EAE #AE3A98

square

#AE8A3A #3AAE50 #3A5EAE #AE3A98

split-complementary

#AE8A3A #3A98AE #503AAE

monochromatic

#52411B #80662B #AE8A3A #C9A75C #D8C08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AE8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A3A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A3A	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.107 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab74',
    500: '#ae8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a3a;
$custom-light: #caab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65198,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A3A

secondary

#8196C2

accent

#79DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A3A

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

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