#AE8D2D#AE8D2D

#AE8D2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.117 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D2D
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 2.49, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 53.16, 87.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0017 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.117 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4557, 28.2396, 6.4868)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D2D #2D4EAE

analogous

#AE4C2D #AE8D2D #8EAE2D

triadic

#AE8D2D #2DAE8D #8D2DAE

tetradic

#AE8D2D #2DAE4C #2D4EAE #AE2D8E

square

#AE8D2D #2DAE4C #2D4EAE #AE2D8E

split-complementary

#AE8D2D #2D8EAE #4C2DAE

monochromatic

#4D3E14 #7D6620 #AE8D2D #D0AD48 #DCC379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AE8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D2D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D2D	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)

#9D8C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.117 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6c',
    500: '#ae8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d2d;
$custom-light: #caae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65704,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D2D

secondary

#7287C4

accent

#6EE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D2D

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

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