#AE8141

Closest named color: Light Brown (#AD8150). oklch(63.4% 0.098 74), rgb(174, 129, 65).

Black text reads best on this color (6.01:1).

About this color

#AE8141 is a medium-light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.098 and its hue 74°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Light Brown (#AD8150), ΔE 0.016 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.01:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.098)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Light Brown (#AD8150)
Black text	6.01:1
White text	3.49:1

Values

HEX	#AE8141
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 47%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.098 74)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #AE8141	3.49:1	AA large text	Lc -67.8	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #AE8141	6.01:1	AA	Lc 41.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#AE8141 text on white	3.49:1	AA large text	Lc 62.3	Content text, not long reading
#AE8141 text on black	6.01:1	AA	Lc -39.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F8F5F1

oklch(97.1% 0.006 75.4)
Step 100
100

#F0E9E0

oklch(93.7% 0.014 74.4)
Step 200
200

#E4D7C6

oklch(88.5% 0.027 74.7)
Step 300
300

#D4BD9F

oklch(81% 0.048 74.4)
Step 400
400

#BE9A6A

oklch(70.8% 0.077 74)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#AE8141

oklch(63.4% 0.098 74)
Step 600
600

#98681C

oklch(55.5% 0.107 73.6)
Step 700
700

#82570C

oklch(49.2% 0.1 74.1)
Step 800
800

#6A4710

oklch(42.7% 0.083 73.3)
Step 900
900

#563C16

oklch(37.7% 0.064 73.8)
Step 950
950

#32230E

oklch(26.9% 0.041 73.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#AE8141 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#91833B	0.049
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#9C8E43	0.043
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BC7572	0.082
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.099