#AE8A28#AE8A28

#AE8A28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A28
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 3.92, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 54.40, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0052 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.119 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9287, 27.3306, 5.8641)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A28 #284CAE

analogous

#AE4728 #AE8A28 #8FAE28

triadic

#AE8A28 #28AE8A #8A28AE

tetradic

#AE8A28 #28AE47 #284CAE #AE288F

square

#AE8A28 #28AE47 #284CAE #AE288F

split-complementary

#AE8A28 #288FAE #4728AE

monochromatic

#4A3B11 #7C631D #AE8A28 #D3AC40 #DFC172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A28

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A28	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab69',
    500: '#ae8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a28;
$custom-light: #caab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65043,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A28

secondary

#6C84C6

accent

#6EE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A28

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

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