#AE8829#AE8829

#AE8829 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8829
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 5.06, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 53.62, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0086 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.118 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6616, 26.7689, 5.8601)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8829 #294FAE

analogous

#AE4629 #AE8829 #92AE29

triadic

#AE8829 #29AE88 #8829AE

tetradic

#AE8829 #29AE46 #294FAE #AE2992

square

#AE8829 #29AE46 #294FAE #AE2992

split-complementary

#AE8829 #2992AE #4629AE

monochromatic

#4B3B12 #7C611D #AE8829 #D2A942 #DEC073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8829

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8829	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)

#998819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa6a',
    500: '#ae8829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8829;
$custom-light: #caaa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64637,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8829

secondary

#6D87C5

accent

#71E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8829

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

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