#AE8928#AE8928

#AE8928 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.119 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8928
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 4.47, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 54.20, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0068 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.119 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7859, 27.0450, 5.8165)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8928 #284DAE

analogous

#AE4628 #AE8928 #90AE28

triadic

#AE8928 #28AE89 #8928AE

tetradic

#AE8928 #28AE46 #284DAE #AE2890

square

#AE8928 #28AE46 #284DAE #AE2890

split-complementary

#AE8928 #2890AE #4628AE

monochromatic

#4A3B11 #7C621D #AE8928 #D3AB40 #DFC172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8928

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8928	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)

#9A8817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.119 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab69',
    500: '#ae8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8928;
$custom-light: #caab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64836,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8928

secondary

#6C85C6

accent

#6FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8928

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

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