#AE8A46#AE8A46

#AE8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.097 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A46
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 5.69, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 41.41, 82.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0142 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.097 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6509, 27.6195, 9.6679)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A46 #466AAE

analogous

#AE5646 #AE8A46 #9EAE46

triadic

#AE8A46 #46AE8A #8A46AE

tetradic

#AE8A46 #46AE56 #466AAE #AE469E

square

#AE8A46 #46AE56 #466AAE #AE469E

split-complementary

#AE8A46 #469EAE #5646AE

monochromatic

#574523 #826734 #AE8A46 #C4A66D #D6C199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A46

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A46	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)

#998A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.097 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac7b',
    500: '#ae8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a46;
$custom-light: #c9ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65336,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A46

secondary

#8EA0C2

accent

#81D255

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A46

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

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