#AE821E#AE821E

#AE821E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.121 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE821E
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 7.98, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 56.44, 81.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0158 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.121 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6743, 25.0597, 4.7128)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE821E #1E4AAE

analogous

#AE3A1E #AE821E #92AE1E

triadic

#AE821E #1EAE82 #821EAE

tetradic

#AE821E #1EAE3A #1E4AAE #AE1E92

square

#AE821E #1EAE3A #1E4AAE #AE1E92

split-complementary

#AE821E #1E92AE #3A1EAE

monochromatic

#46340C #7A5B15 #AE821E #DBA62E #E4BC62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AE821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE821E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE821E	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)

#948304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.121 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba664',
    500: '#ae821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae821e;
$custom-light: #cba664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6334,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE821E

secondary

#5F7FC9

accent

#71ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE821E

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

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