#AE831C#AE831C

#AE831C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.122 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE831C
RGBrgb(174, 131, 28)
HSLhsl(42, 72%, 40%)
HSVhsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.7%, 83.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.38, 7.36, 56.73)
CIE-LCHlch(57.38, 57.21, 82.60°)
OKLaboklab(63.53% 0.0139 0.1215)
OKLCHoklch(63.53% 0.122 83.5)
XYZxyz(25.7832, 25.3171, 4.6271)
Luminance0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE831C #1C47AE
analogous
#AE3A1C #AE831C #90AE1C
triadic
#AE831C #1CAE83 #831CAE
tetradic
#AE831C #1CAE3A #1C47AE #AE1C90
square
#AE831C #1CAE3A #1C47AE #AE1C90
split-complementary
#AE831C #1C90AE #3A1CAE
monochromatic
#45340B #795B14 #AE831C #DDA82A #E5BE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46
#AE831C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06
#AE831C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE831C
6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE831C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE831C1.003.466.066.06
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0621.001.001.00
##0000006.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#958300
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F8E22
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE7670
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae831c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.122 83.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba663',
    500: '#ae831c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae831c;
$custom-light: #cba663;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae831c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE831C
secondary
#5C7CCA
accent
#6EEF39
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#140F06
muted
#837F7A

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#AE831C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva