#AE8D4E#AE8D4E

#AE8D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.091 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D4E
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 4.67, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 38.26, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0123 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.091 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3569, 28.6001, 11.2330)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D4E #4E6FAE

analogous

#AE5D4E #AE8D4E #9FAE4E

triadic

#AE8D4E #4EAE8D #8D4EAE

tetradic

#AE8D4E #4EAE5D #4E6FAE #AE4E9F

square

#AE8D4E #4EAE5D #4E6FAE #AE4E9F

split-complementary

#AE8D4E #4E9FAE #5D4EAE

monochromatic

#594928 #846B3B #AE8D4E #C2A877 #D5C3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AE8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D4E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D4E	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.091 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae81',
    500: '#ae8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d4e;
$custom-light: #c9ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66061,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D4E

secondary

#96A5C2

accent

#82CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D4E

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

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