#AE802C#AE802C

#AE802C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.113 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE802C
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 9.65, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 51.09, 79.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0223 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.113 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6311, 24.6209, 5.7847)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE802C #2C5AAE

analogous

#AE3F2C #AE802C #9BAE2C

triadic

#AE802C #2CAE80 #802CAE

tetradic

#AE802C #2CAE3F #2C5AAE #AE2C9B

square

#AE802C #2CAE3F #2C5AAE #AE2C9B

split-complementary

#AE802C #2C9BAE #3F2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3813 #7D5C20 #AE802C #D0A047 #DDB978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AE802C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AE802C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE802C

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE802C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE802C	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)

#928120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae802c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba46b',
    500: '#ae802c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae802c;
$custom-light: #cba46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae802c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63031,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE802C

secondary

#718FC5

accent

#7DE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE802C

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

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