#AE8D3E#AE8D3E

#AE8D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.105 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D3E
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 3.45, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 45.88, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0066 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.105 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8514, 28.3979, 8.5709)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D3E #3E5FAE

analogous

#AE553E #AE8D3E #97AE3E

triadic

#AE8D3E #3EAE8D #8D3EAE

tetradic

#AE8D3E #3EAE55 #3E5FAE #AE3E97

square

#AE8D3E #3EAE55 #3E5FAE #AE3E97

split-complementary

#AE8D3E #3E97AE #553EAE

monochromatic

#54441E #81682E #AE8D3E #C7A962 #D7C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AE8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D3E

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D3E	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#9D8C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.105 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae76',
    500: '#ae8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d3e;
$custom-light: #c9ae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.321,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65861,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D3E

secondary

#8697C2

accent

#78D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D3E

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

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