#AE8127#AE8127

#AE8127 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8127
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 8.87, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 53.17, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0194 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.116 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6738, 24.8477, 5.3629)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8127 #2754AE

analogous

#AE3E27 #AE8127 #98AE27

triadic

#AE8127 #27AE81 #8127AE

tetradic

#AE8127 #27AE3E #2754AE #AE2798

square

#AE8127 #27AE3E #2754AE #AE2798

split-complementary

#AE8127 #2798AE #3E27AE

monochromatic

#4A3711 #7C5C1C #AE8127 #D4A23E #DFBA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AE8127 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8127

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8127	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)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba568',
    500: '#ae8127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8127;
$custom-light: #cba568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63194,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8127

secondary

#6B89C6

accent

#78E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8127

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

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