#AE8728#AE8728

#AE8728 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8728
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 5.58, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 53.81, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.01 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.118 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5042, 26.4817, 5.7226)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8728 #284FAE

analogous

#AE4428 #AE8728 #92AE28

triadic

#AE8728 #28AE87 #8728AE

tetradic

#AE8728 #28AE44 #284FAE #AE2892

square

#AE8728 #28AE44 #284FAE #AE2892

split-complementary

#AE8728 #2892AE #4428AE

monochromatic

#4A3A11 #7C601D #AE8728 #D3A840 #DFBF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE8728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#AE8728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8728

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8728	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba969',
    500: '#ae8728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8728;
$custom-light: #cba969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64424,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8728

secondary

#6C86C6

accent

#72E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8728

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

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