#AE822A#AE822A

#AE822A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.115 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE822A
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 8.44, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 52.18, 80.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0185 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.115 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8578, 25.1331, 5.6793)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE822A #2A56AE

analogous

#AE402A #AE822A #98AE2A

triadic

#AE822A #2AAE82 #822AAE

tetradic

#AE822A #2AAE40 #2A56AE #AE2A98

square

#AE822A #2AAE40 #2A56AE #AE2A98

split-complementary

#AE822A #2A98AE #402AAE

monochromatic

#4B3812 #7D5D1E #AE822A #D2A243 #DEBB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AE822A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#AE822A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE822A

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE822A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE822A	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae822a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.115 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba66a',
    500: '#ae822a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae822a;
$custom-light: #cba66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae822a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63418,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE822A

secondary

#6F8BC5

accent

#79E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE822A

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

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