#AE8C2E#AE8C2E

#AE8C2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8C2E
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 3.08, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 52.53, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0035 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.116 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3284, 27.9539, 6.5405)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8C2E #2E50AE

analogous

#AE4C2E #AE8C2E #90AE2E

triadic

#AE8C2E #2EAE8C #8C2EAE

tetradic

#AE8C2E #2EAE4C #2E50AE #AE2E90

square

#AE8C2E #2EAE4C #2E50AE #AE2E90

split-complementary

#AE8C2E #2E90AE #4C2EAE

monochromatic

#4D3E14 #7E6521 #AE8C2E #CFAC4A #DCC27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AE8C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8C2E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8C2E	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)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caad6d',
    500: '#ae8c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8c2e;
$custom-light: #caad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8C2E

secondary

#7489C4

accent

#70E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8C2E

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

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