#AE8D49#AE8D49

#AE8D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.095 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D49
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 4.26, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 40.69, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0104 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.095 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1844, 28.5311, 10.3246)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D49 #496AAE

analogous

#AE5A49 #AE8D49 #9CAE49

triadic

#AE8D49 #49AE8D #8D49AE

tetradic

#AE8D49 #49AE5A #496AAE #AE499C

square

#AE8D49 #49AE5A #496AAE #AE499C

split-complementary

#AE8D49 #499CAE #5A49AE

monochromatic

#584725 #836A37 #AE8D49 #C3A871 #D5C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AE8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D49

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D49	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.095 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae7e',
    500: '#ae8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d49;
$custom-light: #c9ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.396,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65993,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D49

secondary

#91A1C2

accent

#7FD157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D49

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

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