#AE8A49#AE8A49

#AE8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.094 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A49
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 5.92, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 39.98, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0153 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.094 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7480, 27.6584, 10.1791)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A49 #496DAE

analogous

#AE5749 #AE8A49 #9FAE49

triadic

#AE8A49 #49AE8A #8A49AE

tetradic

#AE8A49 #49AE57 #496DAE #AE499F

square

#AE8A49 #49AE57 #496DAE #AE499F

split-complementary

#AE8A49 #499FAE #5749AE

monochromatic

#584625 #836837 #AE8A49 #C3A671 #D5C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A49

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A49	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)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2934B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.094 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac7d',
    500: '#ae8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a49;
$custom-light: #c9ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.614,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65375,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A49

secondary

#91A2C2

accent

#82D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A49

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

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