#AE8527#AE8527

#AE8527 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8527
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 6.64, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 53.81, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.013 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.118 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2110, 25.9221, 5.5420)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8527 #2750AE

analogous

#AE4227 #AE8527 #94AE27

triadic

#AE8527 #27AE85 #8527AE

tetradic

#AE8527 #27AE42 #2750AE #AE2794

square

#AE8527 #27AE42 #2750AE #AE2794

split-complementary

#AE8527 #2794AE #4227AE

monochromatic

#4A3911 #7C5F1C #AE8527 #D4A63E #DFBD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE8527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8527

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8527	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)

#968517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba868',
    500: '#ae8527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8527;
$custom-light: #cba868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64007,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8527

secondary

#6B87C6

accent

#74E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8527

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

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