#AE9043#AE9043

#AE9043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.102 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9043
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 2.15, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 44.34, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0035 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.102 88)
XYZ	xyz(28.4433, 29.3520, 9.4765)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9043 #4361AE

analogous

#AE5B43 #AE9043 #96AE43

triadic

#AE9043 #43AE90 #9043AE

tetradic

#AE9043 #43AE5B #4361AE #AE4396

square

#AE9043 #43AE5B #4361AE #AE4396

split-complementary

#AE9043 #4396AE #5B43AE

monochromatic

#564721 #826B32 #AE9043 #C5AB69 #D6C495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE9043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AE9043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9043

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9043	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)

#9F8F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.102 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b07a',
    500: '#ae9043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9043;
$custom-light: #c9b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.178,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66542,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.2935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9043

secondary

#8B9AC2

accent

#78D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9043

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

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