#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
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 7.89, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 57.36, 82.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0153 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.122 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6378, 25.0451, 4.5206)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##AE821B	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE821B

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

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