#AE8225#AE8225

#AE8225 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8225
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 37)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 8.23, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 54.06, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0173 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.118 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7739, 25.0995, 5.2371)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8225 #2551AE

analogous

#AE3E25 #AE8225 #96AE25

triadic

#AE8225 #25AE82 #8225AE

tetradic

#AE8225 #25AE3E #2551AE #AE2596

square

#AE8225 #25AE3E #2551AE #AE2596

split-complementary

#AE8225 #2596AE #3E25AE

monochromatic

#493710 #7C5C1A #AE8225 #D5A43B #E0BB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AE8225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AE8225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8225

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8225	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)

#948314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba667',
    500: '#ae8225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8225;
$custom-light: #cba667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63383,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8225

secondary

#6887C6

accent

#76E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8225

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

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