#AE8A51#AE8A51

#AE8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.087 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A51
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 6.60, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 36.10, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0183 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.087 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0305, 27.7714, 11.6670)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A51 #5175AE

analogous

#AE5B51 #AE8A51 #A4AE51

triadic

#AE8A51 #51AE8A #8A51AE

tetradic

#AE8A51 #51AE5B #5175AE #AE51A4

square

#AE8A51 #51AE5B #5175AE #AE51A4

split-complementary

#AE8A51 #51A4AE #5B51AE

monochromatic

#5A482A #84693E #AE8A51 #C1A67B #D5C2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AE8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AE8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A51

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A51	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#988B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.087 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac83',
    500: '#ae8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a51;
$custom-light: #c8ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65489,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A51

secondary

#99A9C2

accent

#87CC5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A51

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

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