#AE811A#AE811A

#AE811A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.123 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE811A
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 26)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 85%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 85.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 8.42, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 57.52, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0167 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.123 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4941, 24.7758, 4.4166)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE811A #1A47AE

analogous

#AE371A #AE811A #91AE1A

triadic

#AE811A #1AAE81 #811AAE

tetradic

#AE811A #1AAE37 #1A47AE #AE1A91

square

#AE811A #1AAE37 #1A47AE #AE1A91

split-complementary

#AE811A #1A91AE #371AAE

monochromatic

#44320A #795A12 #AE811A #DFA727 #E7BC5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AE811A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#AE811A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE811A

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE811A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE811A	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae811a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.123 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba562',
    500: '#ae811a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae811a;
$custom-light: #cba562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae811a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63117,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE811A

secondary

#597CCA

accent

#70F137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE811A

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

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