#AE8A47#AE8A47

#AE8A47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.096 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A47
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 71)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 59.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 5.76, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 40.94, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0146 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.096 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6828, 27.6323, 9.8355)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A47 #476BAE

analogous

#AE5647 #AE8A47 #9EAE47

triadic

#AE8A47 #47AE8A #8A47AE

tetradic

#AE8A47 #47AE56 #476BAE #AE479E

square

#AE8A47 #47AE56 #476BAE #AE479E

split-complementary

#AE8A47 #479EAE #5647AE

monochromatic

#574524 #836835 #AE8A47 #C4A66E #D6C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE8A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A47

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A47	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.096 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac7c',
    500: '#ae8a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a47;
$custom-light: #c9ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.029,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65349,
    "c": 0.09591,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A47

secondary

#8FA1C2

accent

#81D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A47

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

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