#AE8222#AE8222

#AE8222 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8222
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 8.12, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 55.11, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0167 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.119 82)
XYZ	xyz(25.7287, 25.0814, 4.9992)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8222 #224EAE

analogous

#AE3C22 #AE8222 #94AE22

triadic

#AE8222 #22AE82 #8222AE

tetradic

#AE8222 #22AE3C #224EAE #AE2294

square

#AE8222 #22AE3C #224EAE #AE2294

split-complementary

#AE8222 #2294AE #3C22AE

monochromatic

#48350E #7B5C18 #AE8222 #D8A536 #E2BC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8222

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8222	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba666',
    500: '#ae8222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8222;
$custom-light: #cba666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63363,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.25079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8222

secondary

#6484C7

accent

#74EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8222

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

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