#AE8A27#AE8A27

#AE8A27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.120 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A27
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 3.87, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 54.77, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.005 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.12 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9119, 27.3239, 5.7757)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A27 #274BAE

analogous

#AE4727 #AE8A27 #8FAE27

triadic

#AE8A27 #27AE8A #8A27AE

tetradic

#AE8A27 #27AE47 #274BAE #AE278F

square

#AE8A27 #27AE47 #274BAE #AE278F

split-complementary

#AE8A27 #278FAE #4727AE

monochromatic

#4A3B11 #7C621C #AE8A27 #D4AC3E #DFC270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A27

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A27	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.120 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab69',
    500: '#ae8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a27;
$custom-light: #caab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65037,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A27

secondary

#6B83C6

accent

#6DE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A27

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →