#AE8126#AE8126

#AE8126 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8126
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 38)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 8.83, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 53.54, 80.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0192 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.117 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6574, 24.8411, 5.2768)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8126 #2653AE

analogous

#AE3D26 #AE8126 #97AE26

triadic

#AE8126 #26AE81 #8126AE

tetradic

#AE8126 #26AE3D #2653AE #AE2697

square

#AE8126 #26AE3D #2653AE #AE2697

split-complementary

#AE8126 #2697AE #3D26AE

monochromatic

#4A3710 #7C5C1B #AE8126 #D5A23D #E0BA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AE8126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8126

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8126	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)

#938216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba567',
    500: '#ae8126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8126;
$custom-light: #cba567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63187,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8126

secondary

#6A88C6

accent

#78E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8126

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

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