#AE8223#AE8223

#AE8223 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8223
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 35)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 8.16, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 54.77, 81.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0169 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.119 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7433, 25.0873, 5.0763)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8223 #234FAE

analogous

#AE3C23 #AE8223 #94AE23

triadic

#AE8223 #23AE82 #8223AE

tetradic

#AE8223 #23AE3C #234FAE #AE2394

square

#AE8223 #23AE3C #234FAE #AE2394

split-complementary

#AE8223 #2394AE #3C23AE

monochromatic

#48360F #7B5C19 #AE8223 #D7A437 #E1BB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8223

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8223	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)

#948310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba666',
    500: '#ae8223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8223;
$custom-light: #cba666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8223

secondary

#6685C7

accent

#75E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8223

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

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