#AE8B2E#AE8B2E

#AE8B2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B2E
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 3.64, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 52.31, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0051 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.116 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1829, 27.6629, 6.4920)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B2E #2E51AE

analogous

#AE4B2E #AE8B2E #91AE2E

triadic

#AE8B2E #2EAE8B #8B2EAE

tetradic

#AE8B2E #2EAE4B #2E51AE #AE2E91

square

#AE8B2E #2EAE4B #2E51AE #AE2E91

split-complementary

#AE8B2E #2E91AE #4B2EAE

monochromatic

#4D3E14 #7E6421 #AE8B2E #CFAB4A #DCC17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B2E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B2E	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6d',
    500: '#ae8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b2e;
$custom-light: #caac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65295,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B2E

secondary

#748AC4

accent

#71E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B2E

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

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