#AE8D2B#AE8D2B

#AE8D2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D2B
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 2.39, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 53.94, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0012 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.119 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4181, 28.2246, 6.2888)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D2B #2B4CAE

analogous

#AE4B2B #AE8D2B #8EAE2B

triadic

#AE8D2B #2BAE8D #8D2BAE

tetradic

#AE8D2B #2BAE4B #2B4CAE #AE2B8E

square

#AE8D2B #2BAE4B #2B4CAE #AE2B8E

split-complementary

#AE8D2B #2B8EAE #4B2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3D13 #7D651F #AE8D2B #D1AE45 #DDC376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AE8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D2B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D2B	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6b',
    500: '#ae8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d2b;
$custom-light: #caae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65689,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D2B

secondary

#7085C5

accent

#6CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D2B

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

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