#AE9050#AE9050

#AE9050 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.090 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9050
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 3.19, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 38.05, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0082 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.09 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8780, 29.5259, 11.7659)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9050 #506EAE

analogous

#AE6150 #AE9050 #9DAE50

triadic

#AE9050 #50AE90 #9050AE

tetradic

#AE9050 #50AE61 #506EAE #AE509D

square

#AE9050 #50AE61 #506EAE #AE509D

split-complementary

#AE9050 #509DAE #6150AE

monochromatic

#5A4B29 #846D3D #AE9050 #C2AB7A #D5C5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AE9050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AE9050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9050

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9050	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.090 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b082',
    500: '#ae9050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9050;
$custom-light: #c8b082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66711,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9050

secondary

#98A5C2

accent

#7FCD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9050

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

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