#AE8D3C#AE8D3C

#AE8D3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.107 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D3C
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 3.32, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 46.79, 85.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.006 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.107 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7975, 28.3764, 8.2872)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D3C #3C5DAE

analogous

#AE543C #AE8D3C #96AE3C

triadic

#AE8D3C #3CAE8D #8D3CAE

tetradic

#AE8D3C #3CAE54 #3C5DAE #AE3C96

square

#AE8D3C #3CAE54 #3C5DAE #AE3C96

split-complementary

#AE8D3C #3C96AE #543CAE

monochromatic

#53431D #80682C #AE8D3C #C8AA5F #D8C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE8D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AE8D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D3C

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D3C	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.107 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae75',
    500: '#ae8d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d3c;
$custom-light: #c9ae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6584,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D3C

secondary

#8396C2

accent

#77D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D3C

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

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