#AE8226#AE8226

#AE8226 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8226
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 38)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 8.27, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 53.69, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0175 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.117 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7898, 25.1058, 5.3210)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8226 #2652AE

analogous

#AE3E26 #AE8226 #96AE26

triadic

#AE8226 #26AE82 #8226AE

tetradic

#AE8226 #26AE3E #2652AE #AE2696

square

#AE8226 #26AE3E #2652AE #AE2696

split-complementary

#AE8226 #2696AE #3E26AE

monochromatic

#4A3710 #7C5C1B #AE8226 #D5A33D #E0BB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8226

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8226	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba668',
    500: '#ae8226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8226;
$custom-light: #cba668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63389,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8226

secondary

#6A88C6

accent

#77E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8226

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

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