#AE8B28#AE8B28

#AE8B28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B28
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 3.36, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 54.62, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0036 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.119 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0728, 27.6189, 5.9121)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B28 #284BAE

analogous

#AE4828 #AE8B28 #8EAE28

triadic

#AE8B28 #28AE8B #8B28AE

tetradic

#AE8B28 #28AE48 #284BAE #AE288E

square

#AE8B28 #28AE48 #284BAE #AE288E

split-complementary

#AE8B28 #288EAE #4828AE

monochromatic

#4A3B11 #7C631D #AE8B28 #D3AD40 #DFC272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B28

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B28	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)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6a',
    500: '#ae8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b28;
$custom-light: #caac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65251,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B28

secondary

#6C84C6

accent

#6DE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B28

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

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