#AE8A53#AE8A53

#AE8A53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.085 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A53
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 6.78, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 35.12, 78.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.0191 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.085 77)
XYZ	xyz(28.1066, 27.8018, 12.0678)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A53 #5377AE

analogous

#AE5D53 #AE8A53 #A4AE53

triadic

#AE8A53 #53AE8A #8A53AE

tetradic

#AE8A53 #53AE5D #5377AE #AE53A4

square

#AE8A53 #53AE5D #5377AE #AE53A4

split-complementary

#AE8A53 #53A4AE #5D53AE

monochromatic

#5C482B #85693F #AE8A53 #C2A67D #D5C3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AE8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AE8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A53

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A53	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)

#988B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.085 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac84',
    500: '#ae8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a53;
$custom-light: #c8ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.264,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6552,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A53

secondary

#9AAAC3

accent

#88CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A53

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

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