#AE8027#AE8027

#AE8027 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.116 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8027
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 9.43, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 53.02, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.021 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.116 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5427, 24.5855, 5.3193)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8027 #2755AE

analogous

#AE3D27 #AE8027 #98AE27

triadic

#AE8027 #27AE80 #8027AE

tetradic

#AE8027 #27AE3D #2755AE #AE2798

square

#AE8027 #27AE3D #2755AE #AE2798

split-complementary

#AE8027 #2798AE #3D27AE

monochromatic

#4A3611 #7C5B1C #AE8027 #D4A13E #DFB970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AE8027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AE8027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8027

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8027	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)

#928118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.116 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba468',
    500: '#ae8027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8027;
$custom-light: #cba468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62992,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8027

secondary

#6B8AC6

accent

#7AE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8027

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

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