#AE821B#AE821B

#AE821B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE821B
RGBrgb(174, 130, 27)
HSLhsl(42, 73%, 39%)
HSVhsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.3%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.12, 7.89, 56.81)
CIE-LCHlch(57.12, 57.36, 82.09°)
OKLaboklab(63.32% 0.0153 0.1215)
OKLCHoklch(63.32% 0.122 82.8)
XYZxyz(25.6378, 25.0451, 4.5206)
Luminance0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE821B #1B47AE
analogous
#AE391B #AE821B #91AE1B
triadic
#AE821B #1BAE82 #821BAE
tetradic
#AE821B #1BAE39 #1B47AE #AE1B91
square
#AE821B #1BAE39 #1B47AE #AE1B91
split-complementary
#AE821B #1B91AE #391BAE
monochromatic
#44330B #795A13 #AE821B #DEA728 #E6BD5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49
#AE821B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01
#AE821B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE821B
6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE821B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE821B1.003.496.016.01
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#948200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F8E21
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE746F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 82.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba662',
    500: '#ae821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae821b;
$custom-light: #cba662;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63324,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE821B
secondary
#5B7CCA
accent
#6FF038
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#140F06
muted
#837F7A

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#AE821B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva