#AE8D56#AE8D56

#AE8D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.083 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D56
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 5.40, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 34.32, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0153 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.083 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6613, 28.7219, 12.8365)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D56 #5677AE

analogous

#AE6156 #AE8D56 #A3AE56

triadic

#AE8D56 #56AE8D #8D56AE

tetradic

#AE8D56 #56AE61 #5677AE #AE56A3

square

#AE8D56 #56AE61 #5677AE #AE56A3

split-complementary

#AE8D56 #56A3AE #6156AE

monochromatic

#5D4B2D #866C40 #AE8D56 #C2A97F #D6C5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AE8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D56

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D56	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.083 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae86',
    500: '#ae8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d56;
$custom-light: #c8ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66182,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D56

secondary

#9CABC3

accent

#86CB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D56

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

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