#AE8A44#AE8A44

#AE8A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.099 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A44
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 5.54, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 42.36, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0135 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.099 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5888, 27.5947, 9.3409)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A44 #4468AE

analogous

#AE5544 #AE8A44 #9DAE44

triadic

#AE8A44 #44AE8A #8A44AE

tetradic

#AE8A44 #44AE55 #4468AE #AE449D

square

#AE8A44 #44AE55 #4468AE #AE449D

split-complementary

#AE8A44 #449DAE #5544AE

monochromatic

#564422 #826733 #AE8A44 #C5A66A #D6C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A44

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A44	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)

#998A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.099 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac7a',
    500: '#ae8a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a44;
$custom-light: #c9ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65311,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A44

secondary

#8C9EC2

accent

#7FD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A44

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

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