#AE8D59#AE8D59

#AE8D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.080 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8D59
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 5.69, 32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 32.83, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0165 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.08 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7847, 28.7713, 13.4865)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8D59 #597AAE

analogous

#AE6359 #AE8D59 #A5AE59

triadic

#AE8D59 #59AE8D #8D59AE

tetradic

#AE8D59 #59AE63 #597AAE #AE59A5

square

#AE8D59 #59AE63 #597AAE #AE59A5

split-complementary

#AE8D59 #59A5AE #6359AE

monochromatic

#5E4C2E #886D42 #AE8D59 #C2A982 #D6C5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AE8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AE8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8D59

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8D59	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2955A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.080 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae89',
    500: '#ae8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8d59;
$custom-light: #c8ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.706,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6623,
    "c": 0.08002,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8D59

secondary

#9FADC4

accent

#88CA5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8D59

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

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