#AE8026#AE8026

#AE8026 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.117 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8026
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 38)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 9.39, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 53.40, 79.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.0208 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.117 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5263, 24.5790, 5.2331)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8026 #2654AE

analogous

#AE3C26 #AE8026 #98AE26

triadic

#AE8026 #26AE80 #8026AE

tetradic

#AE8026 #26AE3C #2654AE #AE2698

square

#AE8026 #26AE3C #2654AE #AE2698

split-complementary

#AE8026 #2698AE #3C26AE

monochromatic

#4A3610 #7C5B1B #AE8026 #D5A13D #E0B96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AE8026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AE8026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8026

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8026	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.117 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba467',
    500: '#ae8026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8026;
$custom-light: #cba467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62985,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8026

secondary

#6A89C6

accent

#79E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8026

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

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