#AE8B2C#AE8B2C

#AE8B2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.117 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B2C
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 3.54, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 53.10, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0046 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.117 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1444, 27.6475, 6.2892)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B2C #2C4FAE

analogous

#AE4A2C #AE8B2C #90AE2C

triadic

#AE8B2C #2CAE8B #8B2CAE

tetradic

#AE8B2C #2CAE4A #2C4FAE #AE2C90

square

#AE8B2C #2CAE4A #2C4FAE #AE2C90

split-complementary

#AE8B2C #2C90AE #4A2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3D13 #7D6420 #AE8B2C #D0AB47 #DDC278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B2C

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.117 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6c',
    500: '#ae8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b2c;
$custom-light: #caac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6528,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B2C

secondary

#7188C5

accent

#6FE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B2C

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

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