#AE8626#AE8626

#AE8626 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8626
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 6.05, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 54.36, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.0111 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.118 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3322, 26.1907, 5.5018)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8626 #264EAE

analogous

#AE4226 #AE8626 #92AE26

triadic

#AE8626 #26AE86 #8626AE

tetradic

#AE8626 #26AE42 #264EAE #AE2692

square

#AE8626 #26AE42 #264EAE #AE2692

split-complementary

#AE8626 #2692AE #4226AE

monochromatic

#4A3910 #7C5F1B #AE8626 #D5A83D #E0BE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE8626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#AE8626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8626

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8626	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba868',
    500: '#ae8626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8626;
$custom-light: #cba868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64205,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8626

secondary

#6A85C6

accent

#72E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8626

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

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