#AE8926#AE8926

#AE8926 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8926
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 38)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 4.39, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 54.93, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0063 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.12 87)
XYZ	xyz(26.7527, 27.0318, 5.6419)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8926 #264BAE

analogous

#AE4526 #AE8926 #8FAE26

triadic

#AE8926 #26AE89 #8926AE

tetradic

#AE8926 #26AE45 #264BAE #AE268F

square

#AE8926 #26AE45 #264BAE #AE268F

split-complementary

#AE8926 #268FAE #4526AE

monochromatic

#4A3A10 #7C611B #AE8926 #D5AB3D #E0C16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE8926 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8926

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8926	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab68',
    500: '#ae8926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8926;
$custom-light: #cbab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64823,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.2703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8926

secondary

#6A83C6

accent

#6EE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8926

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

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