#AE801E#AE801E

#AE801E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.121 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE801E
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 30)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 9.10, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 56.16, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0191 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.121 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4109, 24.5328, 4.6250)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE801E #1E4CAE

analogous

#AE381E #AE801E #94AE1E

triadic

#AE801E #1EAE80 #801EAE

tetradic

#AE801E #1EAE38 #1E4CAE #AE1E94

square

#AE801E #1EAE38 #1E4CAE #AE1E94

split-complementary

#AE801E #1E94AE #381EAE

monochromatic

#46330C #7A5A15 #AE801E #DBA42E #E4BB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AE801E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#AE801E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE801E

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE801E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE801E	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae801e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.121 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba463',
    500: '#ae801e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae801e;
$custom-light: #cba463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae801e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.833,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62935,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE801E

secondary

#5F81C9

accent

#74ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE801E

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

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