#AE8A54#AE8A54

#AE8A54 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.084 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A54
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 84)
HSL	hsl(36, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 51.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 6.87, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 34.64, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0194 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.084 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1455, 27.8174, 12.2726)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A54 #5478AE

analogous

#AE5D54 #AE8A54 #A5AE54

triadic

#AE8A54 #54AE8A #8A54AE

tetradic

#AE8A54 #54AE5D #5478AE #AE54A5

square

#AE8A54 #54AE5D #5478AE #AE54A5

split-complementary

#AE8A54 #54A5AE #5D54AE

monochromatic

#5C492C #86693F #AE8A54 #C2A67E #D5C3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AE8A54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AE8A54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A54

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A54	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)

#988B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.084 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac85',
    500: '#ae8a54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a54;
$custom-light: #c8ac85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65535,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A54

secondary

#9BABC3

accent

#89CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A54

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

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