#AE821C#AE821C

#AE821C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE821C
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 28)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 83.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 7.92, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 57.06, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0155 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.122 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6496, 25.0498, 4.5826)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE821C #1C48AE

analogous

#AE391C #AE821C #91AE1C

triadic

#AE821C #1CAE82 #821CAE

tetradic

#AE821C #1CAE39 #1C48AE #AE1C91

square

#AE821C #1CAE39 #1C48AE #AE1C91

split-complementary

#AE821C #1C91AE #391CAE

monochromatic

#45330B #795B14 #AE821C #DDA72A #E5BD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE821C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AE821C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE821C

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE821C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE821C	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)

#948300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae821c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba663',
    500: '#ae821c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae821c;
$custom-light: #cba663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae821c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE821C

secondary

#5C7DCA

accent

#70EF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE821C

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

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