#AE8229#AE8229

#AE8229 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.115 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8229
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 8.40, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 52.56, 80.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0183 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.115 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8401, 25.1260, 5.5862)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8229 #2955AE

analogous

#AE3F29 #AE8229 #98AE29

triadic

#AE8229 #29AE82 #8229AE

tetradic

#AE8229 #29AE3F #2955AE #AE2998

square

#AE8229 #29AE3F #2955AE #AE2998

split-complementary

#AE8229 #2998AE #3F29AE

monochromatic

#4B3812 #7C5D1D #AE8229 #D2A342 #DEBB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8229

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8229	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)

#94831B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.115 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba669',
    500: '#ae8229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8229;
$custom-light: #cba669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63411,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8229

secondary

#6D8BC5

accent

#78E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8229

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

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