#AE8228#AE8228

#AE8228 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8228
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 8.36, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 52.94, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.018 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.116 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8229, 25.1191, 5.4955)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8228 #2854AE

analogous

#AE3F28 #AE8228 #97AE28

triadic

#AE8228 #28AE82 #8228AE

tetradic

#AE8228 #28AE3F #2854AE #AE2897

square

#AE8228 #28AE3F #2854AE #AE2897

split-complementary

#AE8228 #2897AE #3F28AE

monochromatic

#4A3811 #7C5D1D #AE8228 #D3A340 #DFBB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8228

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8228	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)

#948319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba669',
    500: '#ae8228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8228;
$custom-light: #cba669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63404,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8228

secondary

#6C8AC6

accent

#78E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8228

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

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