#AE8D41#AE8D41

#AE8D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D41
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 3.66, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 44.49, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0076 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.103 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9360, 28.4318, 9.0165)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D41 #4162AE

analogous

#AE5741 #AE8D41 #99AE41

triadic

#AE8D41 #41AE8D #8D41AE

tetradic

#AE8D41 #41AE57 #4162AE #AE4199

square

#AE8D41 #41AE57 #4162AE #AE4199

split-complementary

#AE8D41 #4199AE #5741AE

monochromatic

#554520 #816930 #AE8D41 #C6A966 #D7C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D41

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D41	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae78',
    500: '#ae8d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d41;
$custom-light: #c9ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.835,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65895,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D41

secondary

#899AC2

accent

#7AD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D41

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

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