#AE8C2D#AE8C2D

#AE8C2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.117 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C2D
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 3.04, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 52.93, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0033 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.117 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3089, 27.9461, 6.4379)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C2D #2D4FAE

analogous

#AE4B2D #AE8C2D #8FAE2D

triadic

#AE8C2D #2DAE8C #8C2DAE

tetradic

#AE8C2D #2DAE4B #2D4FAE #AE2D8F

square

#AE8C2D #2DAE4B #2D4FAE #AE2D8F

split-complementary

#AE8C2D #2D8FAE #4B2DAE

monochromatic

#4D3E14 #7D6520 #AE8C2D #D0AC48 #DCC279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AE8C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C2D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C2D	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.117 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caad6c',
    500: '#ae8c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c2d;
$custom-light: #caad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.186,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65496,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C2D

secondary

#7288C4

accent

#6FE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C2D

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

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