#AE812C#AE812C

#AE812C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.113 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE812C
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 9.09, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 51.23, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.0206 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.113 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7621, 24.8830, 5.8284)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE812C #2C59AE

analogous

#AE402C #AE812C #9AAE2C

triadic

#AE812C #2CAE81 #812CAE

tetradic

#AE812C #2CAE40 #2C59AE #AE2C9A

square

#AE812C #2CAE40 #2C59AE #AE2C9A

split-complementary

#AE812C #2C9AAE #402CAE

monochromatic

#4C3913 #7D5D20 #AE812C #D0A147 #DDBA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#AE812C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#AE812C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE812C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE812C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE812C	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae812c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.113 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba56b',
    500: '#ae812c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae812c;
$custom-light: #cba56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae812c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63232,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE812C

secondary

#718EC5

accent

#7CE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE812C

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

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