#AE8629#AE8629

#AE8629 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.117 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8629
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 6.17, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 53.24, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0118 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.117 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3826, 26.2109, 5.7670)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8629 #2951AE

analogous

#AE4429 #AE8629 #93AE29

triadic

#AE8629 #29AE86 #8629AE

tetradic

#AE8629 #29AE44 #2951AE #AE2993

square

#AE8629 #29AE44 #2951AE #AE2993

split-complementary

#AE8629 #2993AE #4429AE

monochromatic

#4B3A12 #7C601D #AE8629 #D2A742 #DEBE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AE8629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#AE8629 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8629

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8629	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#97861A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.117 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba86a',
    500: '#ae8629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8629;
$custom-light: #cba86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64226,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8629

secondary

#6D88C5

accent

#74E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8629

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

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