#AE8A50#AE8A50

#AE8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.088 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A50
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 6.51, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 36.59, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0179 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.088 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9933, 27.7565, 11.4710)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A50 #5074AE

analogous

#AE5B50 #AE8A50 #A3AE50

triadic

#AE8A50 #50AE8A #8A50AE

tetradic

#AE8A50 #50AE5B #5074AE #AE50A3

square

#AE8A50 #50AE5B #5074AE #AE50A3

split-complementary

#AE8A50 #50A3AE #5B50AE

monochromatic

#5A4729 #84693D #AE8A50 #C2A67A #D5C2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AE8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A50

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A50	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)

#988B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.088 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac82',
    500: '#ae8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a50;
$custom-light: #c9ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65474,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A50

secondary

#98A8C2

accent

#87CD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A50

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

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