#AE811D#AE811D

#AE811D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE811D
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 29)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 83.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 8.51, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 56.61, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0173 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.121 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5294, 24.7899, 4.6025)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE811D #1D4AAE

analogous

#AE381D #AE811D #93AE1D

triadic

#AE811D #1DAE81 #811DAE

tetradic

#AE811D #1DAE38 #1D4AAE #AE1D93

square

#AE811D #1DAE38 #1D4AAE #AE1D93

split-complementary

#AE811D #1D93AE #381DAE

monochromatic

#45330C #7A5A14 #AE811D #DCA52C #E5BC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE811D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#AE811D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE811D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE811D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE811D	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#938202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae811d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba563',
    500: '#ae811d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae811d;
$custom-light: #cba563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae811d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63132,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE811D

secondary

#5E7FC9

accent

#72EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE811D

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

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