#AE8B27#AE8B27

#AE8B27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B27
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 3.32, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 54.98, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0034 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.12 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0560, 27.6122, 5.8237)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B27 #274AAE

analogous

#AE4727 #AE8B27 #8EAE27

triadic

#AE8B27 #27AE8B #8B27AE

tetradic

#AE8B27 #27AE47 #274AAE #AE278E

square

#AE8B27 #27AE47 #274AAE #AE278E

split-complementary

#AE8B27 #278EAE #4727AE

monochromatic

#4A3B11 #7C631C #AE8B27 #D4AD3E #DFC270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B27

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B27	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)

#9C8A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac69',
    500: '#ae8b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b27;
$custom-light: #caac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65244,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B27

secondary

#6B82C6

accent

#6CE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B27

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

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