#AE8E2F#AE8E2F

#AE8E2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.117 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8E2F
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 2.03, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 52.60, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0006 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.117 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6432, 28.5516, 6.7438)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8E2F #2F4FAE

analogous

#AE4E2F #AE8E2F #8EAE2F

triadic

#AE8E2F #2FAE8E #8E2FAE

tetradic

#AE8E2F #2FAE4E #2F4FAE #AE2F8E

square

#AE8E2F #2FAE4E #2F4FAE #AE2F8E

split-complementary

#AE8E2F #2F8EAE #4E2FAE

monochromatic

#4E3F15 #7E6722 #AE8E2F #CFAE4C #DCC37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AE8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AE8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8E2F

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8E2F	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)

#9E8C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.117 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6e',
    500: '#ae8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8e2f;
$custom-light: #caae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65929,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8E2F

secondary

#7589C4

accent

#6EE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8E2F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →