#AE8528#AE8528

#AE8528 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.117 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8528
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 6.69, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 53.44, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0132 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.117 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2278, 25.9288, 5.6304)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8528 #2851AE

analogous

#AE4228 #AE8528 #94AE28

triadic

#AE8528 #28AE85 #8528AE

tetradic

#AE8528 #28AE42 #2851AE #AE2894

square

#AE8528 #28AE42 #2851AE #AE2894

split-complementary

#AE8528 #2894AE #4228AE

monochromatic

#4A3911 #7C5F1D #AE8528 #D3A640 #DFBD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AE8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8528

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8528	1.00	3.40	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.117 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba869',
    500: '#ae8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8528;
$custom-light: #cba869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8528

secondary

#6C88C6

accent

#74E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8528

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

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