#AE8A3E#AE8A3E

#AE8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.104 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A3E
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 5.11, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 45.16, 83.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0114 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.104 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4150, 27.5252, 8.4254)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A3E #3E62AE

analogous

#AE523E #AE8A3E #9AAE3E

triadic

#AE8A3E #3EAE8A #8A3EAE

tetradic

#AE8A3E #3EAE52 #3E62AE #AE3E9A

square

#AE8A3E #3EAE52 #3E62AE #AE3E9A

split-complementary

#AE8A3E #3E9AAE #523EAE

monochromatic

#54421E #81662E #AE8A3E #C7A762 #D7C08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AE8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A3E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A3E	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)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.104 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab76',
    500: '#ae8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a3e;
$custom-light: #c9ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65241,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A3E

secondary

#8699C2

accent

#7CD751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A3E

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

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