#AE8B26#AE8B26

#AE8B26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B26
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 3.28, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 55.34, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0032 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.121 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0397, 27.6057, 5.7376)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B26 #2649AE

analogous

#AE4726 #AE8B26 #8DAE26

triadic

#AE8B26 #26AE8B #8B26AE

tetradic

#AE8B26 #26AE47 #2649AE #AE268D

square

#AE8B26 #26AE47 #2649AE #AE268D

split-complementary

#AE8B26 #268DAE #4726AE

monochromatic

#4A3B10 #7C631B #AE8B26 #D5AD3D #E0C36F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B26

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B26	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac69',
    500: '#ae8b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b26;
$custom-light: #caac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65238,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B26

secondary

#6A81C6

accent

#6BE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B26

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

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