#AE8727#AE8727

#AE8727 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8727
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 5.53, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 54.18, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0098 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.118 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4874, 26.4750, 5.6342)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8727 #274EAE

analogous

#AE4427 #AE8727 #92AE27

triadic

#AE8727 #27AE87 #8727AE

tetradic

#AE8727 #27AE44 #274EAE #AE2792

square

#AE8727 #27AE44 #274EAE #AE2792

split-complementary

#AE8727 #2792AE #4427AE

monochromatic

#4A3911 #7C601C #AE8727 #D4A93E #DFBF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#AE8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8727

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8727	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)

#988716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba969',
    500: '#ae8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8727;
$custom-light: #cba969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64417,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8727

secondary

#6B85C6

accent

#71E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8727

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

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