#AE8424#AE8424

#AE8424 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8424
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 7.08, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 54.73, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.0139 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.119 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0270, 25.6305, 5.2451)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8424 #244EAE

analogous

#AE3F24 #AE8424 #93AE24

triadic

#AE8424 #24AE84 #8424AE

tetradic

#AE8424 #24AE3F #244EAE #AE2493

square

#AE8424 #24AE3F #244EAE #AE2493

split-complementary

#AE8424 #2493AE #3F24AE

monochromatic

#49370F #7B5E1A #AE8424 #D6A639 #E1BD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#AE8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8424

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8424	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba767',
    500: '#ae8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8424;
$custom-light: #cba767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63783,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8424

secondary

#6784C7

accent

#73E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8424

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

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