#AE811B#AE811B

#AE811B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.122 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE811B
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 8.45, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 57.22, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0169 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.122 82)
XYZ	xyz(25.5054, 24.7803, 4.4765)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE811B #1B48AE

analogous

#AE381B #AE811B #91AE1B

triadic

#AE811B #1BAE81 #811BAE

tetradic

#AE811B #1BAE38 #1B48AE #AE1B91

square

#AE811B #1BAE38 #1B48AE #AE1B91

split-complementary

#AE811B #1B91AE #381BAE

monochromatic

#44320B #795A13 #AE811B #DEA628 #E6BC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AE811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#AE811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE811B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE811B	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.122 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba562',
    500: '#ae811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae811b;
$custom-light: #cba562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63121,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.24778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE811B

secondary

#5B7DCA

accent

#70F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE811B

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

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