#AE8D3F#AE8D3F

#AE8D3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.104 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D3F
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 3.52, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 45.42, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.007 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.104 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8791, 28.4090, 8.7167)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D3F #3F60AE

analogous

#AE563F #AE8D3F #98AE3F

triadic

#AE8D3F #3FAE8D #8D3FAE

tetradic

#AE8D3F #3FAE56 #3F60AE #AE3F98

square

#AE8D3F #3FAE56 #3F60AE #AE3F98

split-complementary

#AE8D3F #3F98AE #563FAE

monochromatic

#54441E #81692F #AE8D3F #C7A964 #D7C290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AE8D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D3F

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D3F	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)

#9C8C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.104 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae77',
    500: '#ae8d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d3f;
$custom-light: #c9ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65872,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D3F

secondary

#8798C2

accent

#79D651

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D3F

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

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