#AE831B#AE831B

#AE831B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.123 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE831B
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 7.33, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 57.50, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0137 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.123 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7715, 25.3124, 4.5651)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE831B #1B46AE

analogous

#AE3A1B #AE831B #90AE1B

triadic

#AE831B #1BAE83 #831BAE

tetradic

#AE831B #1BAE3A #1B46AE #AE1B90

square

#AE831B #1BAE3A #1B46AE #AE1B90

split-complementary

#AE831B #1B90AE #3A1BAE

monochromatic

#44330B #795B13 #AE831B #DEA928 #E6BE5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE831B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#AE831B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE831B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE831B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE831B	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)

#9F8E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae831b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.123 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba663',
    500: '#ae831b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae831b;
$custom-light: #cba663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae831b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE831B

secondary

#5B7BCA

accent

#6EF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE831B

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

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