#AE8427#AE8427

#AE8427 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8427
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 7.20, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 53.64, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0146 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.117 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0747, 25.6496, 5.4966)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8427 #2751AE

analogous

#AE4027 #AE8427 #95AE27

triadic

#AE8427 #27AE84 #8427AE

tetradic

#AE8427 #27AE40 #2751AE #AE2795

square

#AE8427 #27AE40 #2751AE #AE2795

split-complementary

#AE8427 #2795AE #4027AE

monochromatic

#4A3811 #7C5E1C #AE8427 #D4A53E #DFBD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#AE8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8427

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8427	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)

#968417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba768',
    500: '#ae8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8427;
$custom-light: #cba768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8427

secondary

#6B87C6

accent

#75E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8427

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

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