#AE8A3C#AE8A3C

#AE8A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.105 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A3C
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 4.98, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 46.08, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0108 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.105 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3611, 27.5036, 8.1417)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A3C #3C60AE

analogous

#AE513C #AE8A3C #99AE3C

triadic

#AE8A3C #3CAE8A #8A3CAE

tetradic

#AE8A3C #3CAE51 #3C60AE #AE3C99

square

#AE8A3C #3CAE51 #3C60AE #AE3C99

split-complementary

#AE8A3C #3C99AE #513CAE

monochromatic

#53421D #80662C #AE8A3C #C8A75F #D8C08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AE8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A3C

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A3C	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)

#9A8A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.105 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab75',
    500: '#ae8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a3c;
$custom-light: #caab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A3C

secondary

#8397C2

accent

#7BD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A3C

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

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