#AE8028#AE8028

#AE8028 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.116 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8028
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 9.47, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 52.65, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.0212 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.116 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5595, 24.5922, 5.4077)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8028 #2856AE

analogous

#AE3D28 #AE8028 #99AE28

triadic

#AE8028 #28AE80 #8028AE

tetradic

#AE8028 #28AE3D #2856AE #AE2899

square

#AE8028 #28AE3D #2856AE #AE2899

split-complementary

#AE8028 #2899AE #3D28AE

monochromatic

#4A3711 #7C5B1D #AE8028 #D3A140 #DFB972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AE8028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AE8028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8028

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8028	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)

#92811A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.116 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba468',
    500: '#ae8028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8028;
$custom-light: #cba468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8028

secondary

#6C8BC6

accent

#7AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8028

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

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