#AE8529#AE8529

#AE8529 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.116 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8529
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 6.73, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 53.06, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0134 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.116 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2450, 25.9357, 5.7212)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8529 #2952AE

analogous

#AE4329 #AE8529 #94AE29

triadic

#AE8529 #29AE85 #8529AE

tetradic

#AE8529 #29AE43 #2952AE #AE2994

square

#AE8529 #29AE43 #2952AE #AE2994

split-complementary

#AE8529 #2994AE #4329AE

monochromatic

#4B3912 #7C5F1D #AE8529 #D2A642 #DEBD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AE8529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AE8529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8529

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8529	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	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)

#96851A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.116 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba869',
    500: '#ae8529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8529;
$custom-light: #cba869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64021,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8529

secondary

#6D89C5

accent

#75E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8529

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

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