#AE8B2B#AE8B2B

#AE8B2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B2B
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 3.49, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 53.49, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0044 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.118 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1258, 27.6401, 6.1914)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B2B #2B4EAE

analogous

#AE492B #AE8B2B #90AE2B

triadic

#AE8B2B #2BAE8B #8B2BAE

tetradic

#AE8B2B #2BAE49 #2B4EAE #AE2B90

square

#AE8B2B #2BAE49 #2B4EAE #AE2B90

split-complementary

#AE8B2B #2B90AE #492BAE

monochromatic

#4C3D13 #7D641F #AE8B2B #D1AC45 #DDC276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B2B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B2B	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)

#9C8A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6b',
    500: '#ae8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b2b;
$custom-light: #caac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65272,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B2B

secondary

#7087C5

accent

#6FE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B2B

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

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