#AE8428#AE8428

#AE8428 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8428
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 7.24, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 53.27, 82.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0148 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.117 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0915, 25.6563, 5.5850)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8428 #2852AE

analogous

#AE4128 #AE8428 #95AE28

triadic

#AE8428 #28AE84 #8428AE

tetradic

#AE8428 #28AE41 #2852AE #AE2895

square

#AE8428 #28AE41 #2852AE #AE2895

split-complementary

#AE8428 #2895AE #4128AE

monochromatic

#4A3911 #7C5E1D #AE8428 #D3A540 #DFBC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#AE8428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8428

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8428	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)

#968419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba769',
    500: '#ae8428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8428;
$custom-light: #cba769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6381,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8428

secondary

#6C88C6

accent

#75E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8428

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

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