#AE811C#AE811C

#AE811C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.122 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE811C
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 28)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 83.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 8.48, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 56.92, 81.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0171 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.122 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5172, 24.7850, 4.5384)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE811C #1C49AE

analogous

#AE381C #AE811C #92AE1C

triadic

#AE811C #1CAE81 #811CAE

tetradic

#AE811C #1CAE38 #1C49AE #AE1C92

square

#AE811C #1CAE38 #1C49AE #AE1C92

split-complementary

#AE811C #1C92AE #381CAE

monochromatic

#45330B #795A14 #AE811C #DDA62A #E5BC5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AE811C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#AE811C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE811C

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE811C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE811C	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)

#9E8D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae811c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.122 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba563',
    500: '#ae811c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae811c;
$custom-light: #cba563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae811c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63127,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE811C

secondary

#5C7ECA

accent

#71EF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE811C

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

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