#AE8020#AE8020

#AE8020 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.120 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8020
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 9.17, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 55.51, 80.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0194 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.12 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4372, 24.5433, 4.7638)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8020 #204EAE

analogous

#AE3920 #AE8020 #95AE20

triadic

#AE8020 #20AE80 #8020AE

tetradic

#AE8020 #20AE39 #204EAE #AE2095

square

#AE8020 #20AE39 #204EAE #AE2095

split-complementary

#AE8020 #2095AE #3920AE

monochromatic

#47340D #7A5A16 #AE8020 #D9A332 #E3BA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AE8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#AE8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8020

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8020	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba464',
    500: '#ae8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8020;
$custom-light: #cba464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62947,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8020

secondary

#6283C8

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8020

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

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