#AE9044#AE9044

#AE9044 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.102 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9044
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 2.22, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 43.86, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0038 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.102 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4736, 29.3642, 9.6358)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9044 #4462AE

analogous

#AE5B44 #AE9044 #97AE44

triadic

#AE9044 #44AE90 #9044AE

tetradic

#AE9044 #44AE5B #4462AE #AE4497

square

#AE9044 #44AE5B #4462AE #AE4497

split-complementary

#AE9044 #4497AE #5B44AE

monochromatic

#564722 #826C33 #AE9044 #C5AB6A #D6C496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE9044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AE9044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9044

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9044	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)

#9F8F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.102 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b07b',
    500: '#ae9044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9044;
$custom-light: #c9b07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.019,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66554,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9044

secondary

#8C9BC2

accent

#78D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9044

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

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