#AE9042#AE9042

#AE9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9042
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 2.08, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 44.80, 87.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0032 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.103 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4136, 29.3402, 9.3198)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9042 #4260AE

analogous

#AE5A42 #AE9042 #96AE42

triadic

#AE9042 #42AE90 #9042AE

tetradic

#AE9042 #42AE5A #4260AE #AE4296

square

#AE9042 #42AE5A #4260AE #AE4296

split-complementary

#AE9042 #4296AE #5A42AE

monochromatic

#554720 #826B31 #AE9042 #C6AB68 #D6C494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AE9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9042

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9042	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b079',
    500: '#ae9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9042;
$custom-light: #c9b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66531,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9042

secondary

#8A99C2

accent

#77D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9042

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

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