#AE8326#AE8326

#AE8326 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8326
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 38)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 7.72, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 53.85, 81.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0159 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.117 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9234, 25.3732, 5.3655)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8326 #2651AE

analogous

#AE3F26 #AE8326 #95AE26

triadic

#AE8326 #26AE83 #8326AE

tetradic

#AE8326 #26AE3F #2651AE #AE2695

square

#AE8326 #26AE3F #2651AE #AE2695

split-complementary

#AE8326 #2695AE #3F26AE

monochromatic

#4A3710 #7C5D1B #AE8326 #D5A53D #E0BC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE8326 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AE8326 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8326

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8326	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8326	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8326;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba668',
    500: '#ae8326',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8326;
$custom-light: #cba668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8326",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63592,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8326

secondary

#6A87C6

accent

#75E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8326

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

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