#AE8729#AE8729

#AE8729 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8729
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 5.62, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 53.43, 83.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.0102 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.117 85)
XYZ	xyz(26.5214, 26.4886, 5.8133)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8729 #2950AE

analogous

#AE4529 #AE8729 #93AE29

triadic

#AE8729 #29AE87 #8729AE

tetradic

#AE8729 #29AE45 #2950AE #AE2993

square

#AE8729 #29AE45 #2950AE #AE2993

split-complementary

#AE8729 #2993AE #4529AE

monochromatic

#4B3A12 #7C611D #AE8729 #D2A842 #DEBF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#AE8729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#AE8729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8729

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8729	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#98871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96a',
    500: '#ae8729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8729;
$custom-light: #caa96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64431,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.26487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8729

secondary

#6D87C5

accent

#72E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8729

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

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