#AE8D2E#AE8D2E

#AE8D2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.117 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D2E
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 2.53, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 52.77, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0019 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.117 89)
XYZ	xyz(27.4752, 28.2474, 6.5894)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D2E #2E4FAE

analogous

#AE4D2E #AE8D2E #8FAE2E

triadic

#AE8D2E #2EAE8D #8D2EAE

tetradic

#AE8D2E #2EAE4D #2E4FAE #AE2E8F

square

#AE8D2E #2EAE4D #2E4FAE #AE2E8F

split-complementary

#AE8D2E #2E8FAE #4D2EAE

monochromatic

#4D3F14 #7E6621 #AE8D2E #CFAD4A #DCC37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AE8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D2E

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D2E	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)

#9D8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.117 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6d',
    500: '#ae8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d2e;
$custom-light: #caae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65712,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.28246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D2E

secondary

#7488C4

accent

#6EE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D2E

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

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