#AE8124#AE8124

#AE8124 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.118 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8124
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 36)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 8.75, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 54.27, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.0187 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.118 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6260, 24.8286, 5.1114)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8124 #2451AE

analogous

#AE3C24 #AE8124 #96AE24

triadic

#AE8124 #24AE81 #8124AE

tetradic

#AE8124 #24AE3C #2451AE #AE2496

square

#AE8124 #24AE3C #2451AE #AE2496

split-complementary

#AE8124 #2496AE #3C24AE

monochromatic

#49360F #7B5B1A #AE8124 #D6A339 #E1BA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AE8124 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8124

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8124	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba566',
    500: '#ae8124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8124;
$custom-light: #cba566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63173,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8124

secondary

#6786C7

accent

#76E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8124

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

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