#AE8826#AE8826

#AE8826 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8826
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 4.94, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 54.73, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.0079 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.119 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6112, 26.7488, 5.5948)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8826 #264CAE

analogous

#AE4426 #AE8826 #90AE26

triadic

#AE8826 #26AE88 #8826AE

tetradic

#AE8826 #26AE44 #264CAE #AE2690

square

#AE8826 #26AE44 #264CAE #AE2690

split-complementary

#AE8826 #2690AE #4426AE

monochromatic

#4A3910 #7C611B #AE8826 #D5AA3D #E0C06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8826

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8826	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)

#998714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa68',
    500: '#ae8826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8826;
$custom-light: #cbaa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64616,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8826

secondary

#6A83C6

accent

#6FE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8826

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

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