#AE8A4E#AE8A4E

#AE8A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.090 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A4E
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 6.34, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 37.56, 80.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0171 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.09 79)
XYZ	xyz(27.9205, 27.7274, 11.0876)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A4E #4E72AE

analogous

#AE5A4E #AE8A4E #A2AE4E

triadic

#AE8A4E #4EAE8A #8A4EAE

tetradic

#AE8A4E #4EAE5A #4E72AE #AE4EA2

square

#AE8A4E #4EAE5A #4E72AE #AE4EA2

split-complementary

#AE8A4E #4EA2AE #5A4EAE

monochromatic

#594728 #84683B #AE8A4E #C2A677 #D5C2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AE8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A4E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A4E	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.090 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac81',
    500: '#ae8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a4e;
$custom-light: #c9ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65445,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.27726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A4E

secondary

#96A6C2

accent

#85CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A4E

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

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