#AE8221#AE8221

#AE8221 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.120 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8221
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 8.08, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 55.46, 81.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0164 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.12 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7145, 25.0757, 4.9243)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8221 #214DAE

analogous

#AE3C21 #AE8221 #93AE21

triadic

#AE8221 #21AE82 #8221AE

tetradic

#AE8221 #21AE3C #214DAE #AE2193

square

#AE8221 #21AE3C #214DAE #AE2193

split-complementary

#AE8221 #2193AE #3C21AE

monochromatic

#47350D #7B5C17 #AE8221 #D8A534 #E2BC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AE8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8221

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8221	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)

#94830C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba665',
    500: '#ae8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8221;
$custom-light: #cba665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.277,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8221

secondary

#6382C8

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8221

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

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