#AE8A4A#AE8A4A

#AE8A4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.093 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A4A
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 74)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 6.00, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 39.50, 81.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0156 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.093 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7814, 27.6717, 10.3551)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A4A #4A6EAE

analogous

#AE584A #AE8A4A #A0AE4A

triadic

#AE8A4A #4AAE8A #8A4AAE

tetradic

#AE8A4A #4AAE58 #4A6EAE #AE4AA0

square

#AE8A4A #4AAE58 #4A6EAE #AE4AA0

split-complementary

#AE8A4A #4AA0AE #584AAE

monochromatic

#584625 #836838 #AE8A4A #C3A672 #D5C19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE8A4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A4A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A4A	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#998A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.093 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac7e',
    500: '#ae8a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a4a;
$custom-light: #c9ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65389,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A4A

secondary

#92A3C2

accent

#83D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A4A

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

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