#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
RGBrgb(174, 129, 27)
HSLhsl(42, 73%, 39%)
HSVhsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.9%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(56.86, 8.45, 56.59)
CIE-LCHlch(56.86, 57.22, 81.51°)
OKLaboklab(63.12% 0.0169 0.121)
OKLCHoklch(63.12% 0.122 82)
XYZxyz(25.5054, 24.7803, 4.4765)
Luminance0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AE811B1.003.535.965.96
#FFFFFF3.531.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9621.001.001.00
##0000005.9621.001.001.00

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

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#AE811B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva