#AE8A3B#AE8A3B

#AE8A3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.106 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A3B
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 4.92, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 46.53, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0105 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.106 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3350, 27.4932, 8.0038)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A3B #3B5FAE

analogous

#AE503B #AE8A3B #98AE3B

triadic

#AE8A3B #3BAE8A #8A3BAE

tetradic

#AE8A3B #3BAE50 #3B5FAE #AE3B98

square

#AE8A3B #3BAE50 #3B5FAE #AE3B98

split-complementary

#AE8A3B #3B98AE #503BAE

monochromatic

#53421C #80662C #AE8A3B #C8A75E #D8C08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AE8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A3B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A3B	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)

#9A8A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.106 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab74',
    500: '#ae8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a3b;
$custom-light: #caab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65208,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A3B

secondary

#8296C2

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A3B

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

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