#AE8628#AE8628

#AE8628 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.117 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8628
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 6.13, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 53.62, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0116 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.117 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3653, 26.2040, 5.6763)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8628 #2850AE

analogous

#AE4328 #AE8628 #93AE28

triadic

#AE8628 #28AE86 #8628AE

tetradic

#AE8628 #28AE43 #2850AE #AE2893

square

#AE8628 #28AE43 #2850AE #AE2893

split-complementary

#AE8628 #2893AE #4328AE

monochromatic

#4A3911 #7C601D #AE8628 #D3A740 #DFBE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE8628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#AE8628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8628

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8628	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)

#978618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.117 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba869',
    500: '#ae8628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8628;
$custom-light: #cba869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64219,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8628

secondary

#6C87C6

accent

#73E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8628

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

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