#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
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, 7.43, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 56.59, 82.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.0142 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.121 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8080, 25.3270, 4.7574)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##AE831E	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)

#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

Preview with #AE831E

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

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