#AE8D46#AE8D46

#AE8D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.098 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D46
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 4.03, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 42.13, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0093 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.098 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0873, 28.4923, 9.8133)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D46 #4667AE

analogous

#AE5946 #AE8D46 #9BAE46

triadic

#AE8D46 #46AE8D #8D46AE

tetradic

#AE8D46 #46AE59 #4667AE #AE469B

square

#AE8D46 #46AE59 #4667AE #AE469B

split-complementary

#AE8D46 #469BAE #5946AE

monochromatic

#574623 #826A34 #AE8D46 #C4A96D #D6C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE8D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AE8D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D46

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D46	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)

#9C8C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.098 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae7c',
    500: '#ae8d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d46;
$custom-light: #c9ae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.962,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65955,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D46

secondary

#8E9EC2

accent

#7DD255

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D46

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

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