#AE9048#AE9048

#AE9048 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.098 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9048
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 2.53, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 41.96, 86.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0052 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.098 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5998, 29.4147, 10.3008)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9048 #4866AE

analogous

#AE5D48 #AE9048 #99AE48

triadic

#AE9048 #48AE90 #9048AE

tetradic

#AE9048 #48AE5D #4866AE #AE4899

square

#AE9048 #48AE5D #4866AE #AE4899

split-complementary

#AE9048 #4899AE #5D48AE

monochromatic

#574824 #836C36 #AE9048 #C4AB70 #D6C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE9048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AE9048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9048

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9048	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.098 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b07d',
    500: '#ae9048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9048;
$custom-light: #c9b07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66603,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9048

secondary

#909FC2

accent

#7BD157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9048

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

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