#AE8929#AE8929

#AE8929 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8929
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 4.51, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 53.83, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.007 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.118 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8031, 27.0519, 5.9072)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8929 #294EAE

analogous

#AE4629 #AE8929 #91AE29

triadic

#AE8929 #29AE89 #8929AE

tetradic

#AE8929 #29AE46 #294EAE #AE2991

square

#AE8929 #29AE46 #294EAE #AE2991

split-complementary

#AE8929 #2991AE #4629AE

monochromatic

#4B3B12 #7C621D #AE8929 #D2AA42 #DEC073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE8929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8929

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8929	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)

#9A8819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6a',
    500: '#ae8929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8929;
$custom-light: #caab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64843,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8929

secondary

#6D86C5

accent

#70E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8929

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

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