#AE8825#AE8825

#AE8825 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8825
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 37)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 4.90, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 55.09, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0077 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.12 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5953, 26.7424, 5.5109)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8825 #254BAE

analogous

#AE4425 #AE8825 #90AE25

triadic

#AE8825 #25AE88 #8825AE

tetradic

#AE8825 #25AE44 #254BAE #AE2590

square

#AE8825 #25AE44 #254BAE #AE2590

split-complementary

#AE8825 #2590AE #4425AE

monochromatic

#493910 #7C611A #AE8825 #D5AA3B #E0C06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8825

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8825	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa68',
    500: '#ae8825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8825;
$custom-light: #cbaa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.358,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6461,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8825

secondary

#6882C6

accent

#6EE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8825

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

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