#AE8120#AE8120

#AE8120 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8120
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 32)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 8.61, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 55.65, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0178 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.12 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5683, 24.8055, 4.8075)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8120 #204DAE

analogous

#AE3A20 #AE8120 #94AE20

triadic

#AE8120 #20AE81 #8120AE

tetradic

#AE8120 #20AE3A #204DAE #AE2094

square

#AE8120 #20AE3A #204DAE #AE2094

split-complementary

#AE8120 #2094AE #3A20AE

monochromatic

#47340D #7A5B16 #AE8120 #D9A432 #E3BB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#AE8120 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8120

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8120	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)

#93820A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba564',
    500: '#ae8120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8120;
$custom-light: #cba564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63149,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8120

secondary

#6282C8

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8120

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

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