#AE821F#AE821F

#AE821F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.121 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE821F
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 31)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 8.02, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 56.12, 81.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.016 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.121 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6873, 25.0648, 4.7812)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE821F #1F4BAE

analogous

#AE3A1F #AE821F #93AE1F

triadic

#AE821F #1FAE82 #821FAE

tetradic

#AE821F #1FAE3A #1F4BAE #AE1F93

square

#AE821F #1FAE3A #1F4BAE #AE1F93

split-complementary

#AE821F #1F93AE #3A1FAE

monochromatic

#46340C #7A5B16 #AE821F #DAA630 #E3BC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE821F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AE821F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE821F

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE821F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE821F	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)

#948307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae821f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.121 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba664',
    500: '#ae821f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae821f;
$custom-light: #cba664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae821f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63345,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE821F

secondary

#6080C8

accent

#72ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE821F

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

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