#AE812A#AE812A

#AE812A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.115 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE812A
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 9.00, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 52.02, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0201 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.115 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7255, 24.8683, 5.6352)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE812A #2A57AE

analogous

#AE3F2A #AE812A #99AE2A

triadic

#AE812A #2AAE81 #812AAE

tetradic

#AE812A #2AAE3F #2A57AE #AE2A99

square

#AE812A #2AAE3F #2A57AE #AE2A99

split-complementary

#AE812A #2A99AE #3F2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3812 #7D5C1E #AE812A #D2A143 #DEBA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AE812A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AE812A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE812A

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE812A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE812A	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93821D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae812a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.115 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba56a',
    500: '#ae812a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae812a;
$custom-light: #cba56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae812a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63216,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE812A

secondary

#6F8CC5

accent

#7AE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE812A

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

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