#AE8A4B#AE8A4B

#AE8A4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.092 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A4B
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 75)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 6.08, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 39.01, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.016 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.092 80)
XYZ	xyz(27.8154, 27.6853, 10.5340)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A4B #4B6FAE

analogous

#AE594B #AE8A4B #A1AE4B

triadic

#AE8A4B #4BAE8A #8A4BAE

tetradic

#AE8A4B #4BAE59 #4B6FAE #AE4BA1

square

#AE8A4B #4BAE59 #4B6FAE #AE4BA1

split-complementary

#AE8A4B #4BA1AE #594BAE

monochromatic

#584626 #836839 #AE8A4B #C3A673 #D5C19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AE8A4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A4B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A4B	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.092 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac7f',
    500: '#ae8a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a4b;
$custom-light: #c9ac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65402,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.27684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A4B

secondary

#93A4C2

accent

#84D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A4B

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

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