#AE9145#AE9145

#AE9145 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.101 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9145
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 1.75, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 43.67, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0026 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.101 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6565, 29.6807, 9.8486)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9145 #4562AE

analogous

#AE5D45 #AE9145 #96AE45

triadic

#AE9145 #45AE91 #9145AE

tetradic

#AE9145 #45AE5D #4562AE #AE4596

square

#AE9145 #45AE5D #4562AE #AE4596

split-complementary

#AE9145 #4596AE #5D45AE

monochromatic

#564822 #826C34 #AE9145 #C5AC6C #D6C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AE9145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AE9145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9145

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9145	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.101 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b17b',
    500: '#ae9145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9145;
$custom-light: #c9b17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66775,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9145

secondary

#8D9CC2

accent

#78D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9145

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

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