#AE8A4F#AE8A4F

#AE8A4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.089 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A4F
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 79)
HSL	hsl(37, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 6.42, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 37.07, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0175 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.089 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9566, 27.7418, 11.2778)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A4F #4F73AE

analogous

#AE5B4F #AE8A4F #A3AE4F

triadic

#AE8A4F #4FAE8A #8A4FAE

tetradic

#AE8A4F #4FAE5B #4F73AE #AE4FA3

square

#AE8A4F #4FAE5B #4F73AE #AE4FA3

split-complementary

#AE8A4F #4FA3AE #5B4FAE

monochromatic

#5A4729 #84693C #AE8A4F #C2A678 #D5C2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AE8A4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A4F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A4F	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)

#988A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.089 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac82',
    500: '#ae8a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a4f;
$custom-light: #c9ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.263,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65459,
    "c": 0.08859,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A4F

secondary

#97A7C2

accent

#86CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A4F

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

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