#AE8D2C#AE8D2C

#AE8D2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D2C
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 2.44, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 53.55, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0014 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.118 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4367, 28.2320, 6.3866)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D2C #2C4DAE

analogous

#AE4C2C #AE8D2C #8EAE2C

triadic

#AE8D2C #2CAE8D #8D2CAE

tetradic

#AE8D2C #2CAE4C #2C4DAE #AE2C8E

square

#AE8D2C #2CAE4C #2C4DAE #AE2C8E

split-complementary

#AE8D2C #2C8EAE #4C2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3E13 #7D6520 #AE8D2C #D0AD47 #DDC378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AE8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D2C

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D2C	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6c',
    500: '#ae8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d2c;
$custom-light: #caae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65696,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D2C

secondary

#7186C5

accent

#6DE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D2C

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

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