#AE8426#AE8426

#AE8426 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.118 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8426
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 38)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 7.16, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 54.01, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0143 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.118 83)
XYZ	xyz(26.0584, 25.6431, 5.4105)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8426 #2650AE

analogous

#AE4026 #AE8426 #94AE26

triadic

#AE8426 #26AE84 #8426AE

tetradic

#AE8426 #26AE40 #2650AE #AE2694

square

#AE8426 #26AE40 #2650AE #AE2694

split-complementary

#AE8426 #2694AE #4026AE

monochromatic

#4A3810 #7C5E1B #AE8426 #D5A63D #E0BD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#AE8426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8426

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8426	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)

#968415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.118 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba768',
    500: '#ae8426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8426;
$custom-light: #cba768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63796,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.25641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8426

secondary

#6A86C6

accent

#74E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8426

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

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