#AE8A29#AE8A29

#AE8A29 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A29
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 3.96, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 54.03, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0055 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.118 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9459, 27.3375, 5.9548)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A29 #294DAE

analogous

#AE4729 #AE8A29 #90AE29

triadic

#AE8A29 #29AE8A #8A29AE

tetradic

#AE8A29 #29AE47 #294DAE #AE2990

square

#AE8A29 #29AE47 #294DAE #AE2990

split-complementary

#AE8A29 #2990AE #4729AE

monochromatic

#4B3B12 #7C631D #AE8A29 #D2AB42 #DEC173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A29

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A29	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)

#9B8919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6a',
    500: '#ae8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a29;
$custom-light: #caab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6505,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A29

secondary

#6D85C5

accent

#6FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A29

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

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