#AE8121#AE8121

#AE8121 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.119 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8121
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 8.64, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 55.31, 81.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0181 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.119 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5821, 24.8110, 4.8802)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8121 #214EAE

analogous

#AE3A21 #AE8121 #94AE21

triadic

#AE8121 #21AE81 #8121AE

tetradic

#AE8121 #21AE3A #214EAE #AE2194

square

#AE8121 #21AE3A #214EAE #AE2194

split-complementary

#AE8121 #2194AE #3A21AE

monochromatic

#47350D #7B5B17 #AE8121 #D8A434 #E2BB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#AE8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8121

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8121	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)

#93820C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.119 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba565',
    500: '#ae8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8121;
$custom-light: #cba565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63155,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8121

secondary

#6383C8

accent

#74EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8121

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

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