#AE8A3F#AE8A3F

#AE8A3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.103 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A3F
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 5.18, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 44.70, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0118 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.103 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4427, 27.5363, 8.5713)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A3F #3F63AE

analogous

#AE533F #AE8A3F #9BAE3F

triadic

#AE8A3F #3FAE8A #8A3FAE

tetradic

#AE8A3F #3FAE53 #3F63AE #AE3F9B

square

#AE8A3F #3FAE53 #3F63AE #AE3F9B

split-complementary

#AE8A3F #3F9BAE #533FAE

monochromatic

#54431E #81662F #AE8A3F #C7A764 #D7C090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AE8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A3F

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A3F	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.103 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab77',
    500: '#ae8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a3f;
$custom-light: #c9ab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A3F

secondary

#879AC2

accent

#7DD651

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A3F

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

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