#AE8B2A#AE8B2A

#AE8B2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B2A
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 3.45, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 53.87, 86.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0041 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.118 88)
XYZ	xyz(27.1077, 27.6329, 6.0959)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B2A #2A4DAE

analogous

#AE492A #AE8B2A #8FAE2A

triadic

#AE8B2A #2AAE8B #8B2AAE

tetradic

#AE8B2A #2AAE49 #2A4DAE #AE2A8F

square

#AE8B2A #2AAE49 #2A4DAE #AE2A8F

split-complementary

#AE8B2A #2A8FAE #492AAE

monochromatic

#4B3C12 #7D641E #AE8B2A #D2AC43 #DEC275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B2A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B2A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6b',
    500: '#ae8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b2a;
$custom-light: #caac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65265,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.27631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B2A

secondary

#6F86C5

accent

#6EE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B2A

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

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