#AE8B4E#AE8B4E

#AE8B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.090 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B4E
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 5.78, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 37.78, 81.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0155 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.09 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0646, 28.0156, 11.1356)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B4E #4E71AE

analogous

#AE5B4E #AE8B4E #A1AE4E

triadic

#AE8B4E #4EAE8B #8B4EAE

tetradic

#AE8B4E #4EAE5B #4E71AE #AE4EA1

square

#AE8B4E #4EAE5B #4E71AE #AE4EA1

split-complementary

#AE8B4E #4EA1AE #5B4EAE

monochromatic

#594728 #84693B #AE8B4E #C2A777 #D5C2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AE8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B4E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B4E	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.090 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac81',
    500: '#ae8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b4e;
$custom-light: #c9ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6565,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B4E

secondary

#96A6C2

accent

#84CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B4E

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

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