#AE822C#AE822C

#AE822C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.114 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE822C
RGB	rgb(174, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 8.54, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 51.39, 80.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.019 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.114 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8945, 25.1477, 5.8726)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE822C #2C58AE

analogous

#AE412C #AE822C #99AE2C

triadic

#AE822C #2CAE82 #822CAE

tetradic

#AE822C #2CAE41 #2C58AE #AE2C99

square

#AE822C #2CAE41 #2C58AE #AE2C99

split-complementary

#AE822C #2C99AE #412CAE

monochromatic

#4C3913 #7D5E20 #AE822C #D0A247 #DDBB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AE822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#AE822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE822C

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE822C	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)

#948320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.114 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba66b',
    500: '#ae822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae822c;
$custom-light: #cba66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63434,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE822C

secondary

#718DC5

accent

#7AE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE822C

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

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