#AE8A43#AE8A43

#AE8A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.099 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A43
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 5.46, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 42.84, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0131 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.099 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5586, 27.5826, 9.1815)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A43 #4367AE

analogous

#AE5543 #AE8A43 #9DAE43

triadic

#AE8A43 #43AE8A #8A43AE

tetradic

#AE8A43 #43AE55 #4367AE #AE439D

square

#AE8A43 #43AE55 #4367AE #AE439D

split-complementary

#AE8A43 #439DAE #5543AE

monochromatic

#564421 #826732 #AE8A43 #C5A669 #D6C095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A43

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A43	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.099 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac79',
    500: '#ae8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a43;
$custom-light: #c9ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.813,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65299,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A43

secondary

#8B9DC2

accent

#7FD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A43

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

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