#AE8227#AE8227

#AE8227 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8227
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 8.31, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 53.32, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.0178 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.117 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8061, 25.1124, 5.4071)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8227 #2753AE

analogous

#AE3E27 #AE8227 #97AE27

triadic

#AE8227 #27AE82 #8227AE

tetradic

#AE8227 #27AE3E #2753AE #AE2797

square

#AE8227 #27AE3E #2753AE #AE2797

split-complementary

#AE8227 #2797AE #3E27AE

monochromatic

#4A3711 #7C5D1C #AE8227 #D4A33E #DFBB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8227

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8227	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)

#948318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba668',
    500: '#ae8227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8227;
$custom-light: #cba668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63396,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8227

secondary

#6B89C6

accent

#77E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8227

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

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