#AE8A4D#AE8A4D

#AE8A4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.090 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A4D
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 6.25, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 38.05, 80.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0168 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.09 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8849, 27.7131, 10.9002)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A4D #4D71AE

analogous

#AE5A4D #AE8A4D #A2AE4D

triadic

#AE8A4D #4DAE8A #8A4DAE

tetradic

#AE8A4D #4DAE5A #4D71AE #AE4DA2

square

#AE8A4D #4DAE5A #4D71AE #AE4DA2

split-complementary

#AE8A4D #4DA2AE #5A4DAE

monochromatic

#594727 #84683A #AE8A4D #C2A676 #D5C2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AE8A4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A4D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A4D	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)

#998A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.090 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac80',
    500: '#ae8a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a4d;
$custom-light: #c9ac80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.732,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6543,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A4D

secondary

#95A6C2

accent

#85CF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A4D

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

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