#AE831E#AE831E

#AE831E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE831E
RGBrgb(174, 131, 30)
HSLhsl(42, 71%, 40%)
HSVhsv(42, 83%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.7%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.39, 7.43, 56.10)
CIE-LCHlch(57.39, 56.59, 82.46°)
OKLaboklab(63.54% 0.0142 0.1206)
OKLCHoklch(63.54% 0.121 83.3)
XYZxyz(25.8080, 25.3270, 4.7574)
Luminance0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE831E #1E49AE
analogous
#AE3B1E #AE831E #91AE1E
triadic
#AE831E #1EAE83 #831EAE
tetradic
#AE831E #1EAE3B #1E49AE #AE1E91
square
#AE831E #1EAE3B #1E49AE #AE1E91
split-complementary
#AE831E #1E91AE #3B1EAE
monochromatic
#46340C #7A5C15 #AE831E #DBA72E #E4BD62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46
#AE831E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06
#AE831E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE831E
6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE831E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE831E1.003.466.066.06
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0621.001.001.00
##0000006.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#958304
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F8E24
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BD7670
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae831e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 83.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba664',
    500: '#ae831e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae831e;
$custom-light: #cba664;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae831e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63543,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE831E
secondary
#5F7FC9
accent
#70ED3A
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#140F06
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

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#AE831E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva