#AE8224#AE8224

#AE8224 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8224
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 36)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 8.19, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 54.41, 81.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0171 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.118 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7584, 25.0933, 5.1556)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8224 #2450AE

analogous

#AE3D24 #AE8224 #95AE24

triadic

#AE8224 #24AE82 #8224AE

tetradic

#AE8224 #24AE3D #2450AE #AE2495

square

#AE8224 #24AE3D #2450AE #AE2495

split-complementary

#AE8224 #2495AE #3D24AE

monochromatic

#49360F #7B5C1A #AE8224 #D6A439 #E1BB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8224

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8224	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)

#948312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba667',
    500: '#ae8224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8224;
$custom-light: #cba667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63376,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8224

secondary

#6786C7

accent

#75E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8224

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

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