#AE8B29#AE8B29

#AE8B29 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B29
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 3.41, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 54.24, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0039 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.119 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0900, 27.6258, 6.0029)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B29 #294CAE

analogous

#AE4929 #AE8B29 #8EAE29

triadic

#AE8B29 #29AE8B #8B29AE

tetradic

#AE8B29 #29AE49 #294CAE #AE298E

square

#AE8B29 #29AE49 #294CAE #AE298E

split-complementary

#AE8B29 #298EAE #4929AE

monochromatic

#4B3C12 #7C631D #AE8B29 #D2AC42 #DEC273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B29

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B29	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)

#9C8A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6a',
    500: '#ae8b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b29;
$custom-light: #caac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65258,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B29

secondary

#6D85C5

accent

#6EE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B29

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

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