#AE8526#AE8526

#AE8526 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8526
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 6.60, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 54.18, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.0127 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.118 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1946, 25.9156, 5.4559)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8526 #264FAE

analogous

#AE4126 #AE8526 #93AE26

triadic

#AE8526 #26AE85 #8526AE

tetradic

#AE8526 #26AE41 #264FAE #AE2693

square

#AE8526 #26AE41 #264FAE #AE2693

split-complementary

#AE8526 #2693AE #4126AE

monochromatic

#4A3810 #7C5F1B #AE8526 #D5A73D #E0BE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE8526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8526

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8526	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba868',
    500: '#ae8526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8526;
$custom-light: #cba868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8526

secondary

#6A86C6

accent

#73E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8526

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

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