#AE8D43#AE8D43

#AE8D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.101 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D43
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 3.80, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 43.55, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0083 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.101 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9950, 28.4553, 9.3270)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D43 #4364AE

analogous

#AE5743 #AE8D43 #9AAE43

triadic

#AE8D43 #43AE8D #8D43AE

tetradic

#AE8D43 #43AE57 #4364AE #AE439A

square

#AE8D43 #43AE57 #4364AE #AE439A

split-complementary

#AE8D43 #439AAE #5743AE

monochromatic

#564521 #826932 #AE8D43 #C5A969 #D6C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE8D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D43

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D43	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)

#9C8C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.101 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae7a',
    500: '#ae8d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d43;
$custom-light: #c9ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.495,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65918,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D43

secondary

#8B9CC2

accent

#7BD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D43

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

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