#AE8A52#AE8A52

#AE8A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.086 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A52
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 6.69, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 35.61, 79.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0187 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.086 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0683, 27.7865, 11.8659)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A52 #5276AE

analogous

#AE5C52 #AE8A52 #A4AE52

triadic

#AE8A52 #52AE8A #8A52AE

tetradic

#AE8A52 #52AE5C #5276AE #AE52A4

square

#AE8A52 #52AE5C #5276AE #AE52A4

split-complementary

#AE8A52 #52A4AE #5C52AE

monochromatic

#5B482B #85693E #AE8A52 #C2A67C #D5C2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AE8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AE8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A52

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A52	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.086 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac84',
    500: '#ae8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a52;
$custom-light: #c8ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65504,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A52

secondary

#99A9C2

accent

#88CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A52

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

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