#AE802B#AE802B

#AE802B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE802B
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 9.61, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 51.48, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.022 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.114 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6125, 24.6134, 5.6869)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE802B #2B59AE

analogous

#AE3E2B #AE802B #9BAE2B

triadic

#AE802B #2BAE80 #802BAE

tetradic

#AE802B #2BAE3E #2B59AE #AE2B9B

square

#AE802B #2BAE3E #2B59AE #AE2B9B

split-complementary

#AE802B #2B9BAE #3E2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3813 #7D5C1F #AE802B #D1A045 #DDB976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AE802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AE802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE802B

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE802B	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92811F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba46a',
    500: '#ae802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae802b;
$custom-light: #cba46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.931,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63023,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE802B

secondary

#708EC5

accent

#7CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE802B

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

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