#AE8A3D#AE8A3D

#AE8A3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.104 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A3D
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 5.05, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 45.62, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0111 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.104 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3878, 27.5143, 8.2822)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A3D #3D61AE

analogous

#AE513D #AE8A3D #99AE3D

triadic

#AE8A3D #3DAE8A #8A3DAE

tetradic

#AE8A3D #3DAE51 #3D61AE #AE3D99

square

#AE8A3D #3DAE51 #3D61AE #AE3D99

split-complementary

#AE8A3D #3D99AE #513DAE

monochromatic

#53421D #81662D #AE8A3D #C8A761 #D7C08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AE8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A3D

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A3D	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)

#9A8A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.104 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab76',
    500: '#ae8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a3d;
$custom-light: #c9ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.885,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6523,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A3D

secondary

#8598C2

accent

#7BD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A3D

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

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