#AE8A40#AE8A40

#AE8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.102 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A40
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 5.25, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 44.24, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0121 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.102 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4709, 27.5475, 8.7198)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A40 #4064AE

analogous

#AE5340 #AE8A40 #9BAE40

triadic

#AE8A40 #40AE8A #8A40AE

tetradic

#AE8A40 #40AE53 #4064AE #AE409B

square

#AE8A40 #40AE53 #4064AE #AE409B

split-complementary

#AE8A40 #409BAE #5340AE

monochromatic

#55431F #816730 #AE8A40 #C6A665 #D7C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AE8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A40

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A40	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)

#9A8A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.102 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab78',
    500: '#ae8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a40;
$custom-light: #c9ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65263,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A40

secondary

#889BC2

accent

#7DD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A40

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

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