#AE831A#AE831A

#AE831A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.123 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE831A
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 26)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 85%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 85.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 7.31, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 57.80, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0135 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.123 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7601, 25.3078, 4.5052)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE831A #1A45AE

analogous

#AE391A #AE831A #8FAE1A

triadic

#AE831A #1AAE83 #831AAE

tetradic

#AE831A #1AAE39 #1A45AE #AE1A8F

square

#AE831A #1AAE39 #1A45AE #AE1A8F

split-complementary

#AE831A #1A8FAE #391AAE

monochromatic

#44330A #795B12 #AE831A #DFA927 #E7BE5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE831A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#AE831A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE831A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE831A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE831A	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae831a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.123 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba662',
    500: '#ae831a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae831a;
$custom-light: #cba662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae831a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63523,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE831A

secondary

#597ACA

accent

#6DF137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE831A

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

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