#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
RGBrgb(174, 130, 28)
HSLhsl(42, 72%, 40%)
HSVhsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.3%, 83.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.12, 7.92, 56.51)
CIE-LCHlch(57.12, 57.06, 82.02°)
OKLaboklab(63.33% 0.0155 0.121)
OKLCHoklch(63.33% 0.122 82.7)
XYZxyz(25.6496, 25.0498, 4.5826)
Luminance0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##AE821C1.003.496.016.01
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#AE821C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva