#AE8A4C#AE8A4C

#AE8A4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.091 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A4C
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 76)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 6.17, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 38.53, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0164 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.091 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8499, 27.6991, 10.7157)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A4C #4C70AE

analogous

#AE594C #AE8A4C #A1AE4C

triadic

#AE8A4C #4CAE8A #8A4CAE

tetradic

#AE8A4C #4CAE59 #4C70AE #AE4CA1

square

#AE8A4C #4CAE59 #4C70AE #AE4CA1

split-complementary

#AE8A4C #4CA1AE #594CAE

monochromatic

#594627 #836839 #AE8A4C #C3A675 #D5C19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AE8A4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A4C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A4C	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)

#998A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.091 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac7f',
    500: '#ae8a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a4c;
$custom-light: #c9ac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A4C

secondary

#94A5C2

accent

#84CF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A4C

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

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