#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
RGBrgb(174, 130, 31)
HSLhsl(42, 70%, 40%)
HSVhsv(42, 82%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.3%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.14, 8.02, 55.54)
CIE-LCHlch(57.14, 56.12, 81.79°)
OKLaboklab(63.35% 0.016 0.1196)
OKLCHoklch(63.35% 0.121 82.4)
XYZxyz(25.6873, 25.0648, 4.7812)
Luminance0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##AE821F1.003.496.016.01
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#AE821F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva