#AE8A42#AE8A42

#AE8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.100 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A42
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 5.39, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 43.31, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0128 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.1 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5288, 27.5707, 9.0249)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A42 #4266AE

analogous

#AE5442 #AE8A42 #9CAE42

triadic

#AE8A42 #42AE8A #8A42AE

tetradic

#AE8A42 #42AE54 #4266AE #AE429C

square

#AE8A42 #42AE54 #4266AE #AE429C

split-complementary

#AE8A42 #429CAE #5442AE

monochromatic

#554420 #826731 #AE8A42 #C6A668 #D6C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AE8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A42

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A42	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#998A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.100 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab79',
    500: '#ae8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a42;
$custom-light: #c9ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65287,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A42

secondary

#8A9DC2

accent

#7ED553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A42

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

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