#AE8726#AE8726

#AE8726 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.119 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8726
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, 5.49, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 54.54, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.0095 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.119 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4711, 26.4684, 5.5481)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8726 #264DAE

analogous

#AE4326 #AE8726 #91AE26

triadic

#AE8726 #26AE87 #8726AE

tetradic

#AE8726 #26AE43 #264DAE #AE2691

square

#AE8726 #26AE43 #264DAE #AE2691

split-complementary

#AE8726 #2691AE #4326AE

monochromatic

#4A3910 #7C601B #AE8726 #D5A93D #E0BF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE8726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#AE8726 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8726

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8726	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.119 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba968',
    500: '#ae8726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8726;
$custom-light: #cba968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6441,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8726

secondary

#6A84C6

accent

#70E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8726

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

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