#AE8D52#AE8D52

#AE8D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.087 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D52
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 5.03, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 36.29, 82.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0138 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.087 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5046, 28.6592, 12.0114)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D52 #5273AE

analogous

#AE5F52 #AE8D52 #A1AE52

triadic

#AE8D52 #52AE8D #8D52AE

tetradic

#AE8D52 #52AE5F #5273AE #AE52A1

square

#AE8D52 #52AE5F #5273AE #AE52A1

split-complementary

#AE8D52 #52A1AE #5F52AE

monochromatic

#5B4A2B #856B3E #AE8D52 #C2A87C #D5C4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AE8D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#AE8D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D52

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D52	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.087 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae84',
    500: '#ae8d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d52;
$custom-light: #c8ae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.478,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6612,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D52

secondary

#99A8C2

accent

#84CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D52

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

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