#AE8423#AE8423

#AE8423 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8423
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 7.04, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 55.08, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.0137 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.119 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0119, 25.6245, 5.1658)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8423 #234DAE

analogous

#AE3F23 #AE8423 #92AE23

triadic

#AE8423 #23AE84 #8423AE

tetradic

#AE8423 #23AE3F #234DAE #AE2392

square

#AE8423 #23AE3F #234DAE #AE2392

split-complementary

#AE8423 #2392AE #3F23AE

monochromatic

#48370F #7B5D19 #AE8423 #D7A737 #E1BD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8423

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8423	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba766',
    500: '#ae8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8423;
$custom-light: #cba766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.871,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63776,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8423

secondary

#6683C7

accent

#72E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8423

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

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