#AE8927#AE8927

#AE8927 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.119 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8927
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 4.43, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 54.57, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0066 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.119 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7691, 27.0383, 5.7281)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8927 #274CAE

analogous

#AE4627 #AE8927 #8FAE27

triadic

#AE8927 #27AE89 #8927AE

tetradic

#AE8927 #27AE46 #274CAE #AE278F

square

#AE8927 #27AE46 #274CAE #AE278F

split-complementary

#AE8927 #278FAE #4627AE

monochromatic

#4A3A11 #7C621C #AE8927 #D4AB3E #DFC170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8927

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8927	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)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.119 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab69',
    500: '#ae8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8927;
$custom-light: #cbab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6483,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8927

secondary

#6B84C6

accent

#6FE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8927

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

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