#AE821D#AE821D

#AE821D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE821D
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 29)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 83.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 7.95, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 56.75, 81.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0157 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.122 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6617, 25.0546, 4.6466)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE821D #1D49AE

analogous

#AE391D #AE821D #92AE1D

triadic

#AE821D #1DAE82 #821DAE

tetradic

#AE821D #1DAE39 #1D49AE #AE1D92

square

#AE821D #1DAE39 #1D49AE #AE1D92

split-complementary

#AE821D #1D92AE #391DAE

monochromatic

#45340C #7A5B14 #AE821D #DCA72C #E5BD61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE821D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AE821D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE821D

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE821D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE821D	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)

#948302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae821d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba663',
    500: '#ae821d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae821d;
$custom-light: #cba663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae821d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63334,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE821D

secondary

#5E7EC9

accent

#70EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE821D

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

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