#AE8D45#AE8D45

#AE8D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.099 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D45
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 3.95, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 42.60, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.009 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.099 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0560, 28.4798, 9.6485)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D45 #4566AE

analogous

#AE5945 #AE8D45 #9AAE45

triadic

#AE8D45 #45AE8D #8D45AE

tetradic

#AE8D45 #45AE59 #4566AE #AE459A

square

#AE8D45 #45AE59 #4566AE #AE459A

split-complementary

#AE8D45 #459AAE #5945AE

monochromatic

#564622 #826934 #AE8D45 #C5A96C #D6C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D45

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D45	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.099 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae7b',
    500: '#ae8d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d45;
$custom-light: #c9ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65942,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D45

secondary

#8D9EC2

accent

#7CD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D45

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

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