#AE831F#AE831F

#AE831F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE831F
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 31)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 7.46, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 56.27, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0144 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.121 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8209, 25.3322, 4.8257)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE831F #1F4AAE

analogous

#AE3B1F #AE831F #91AE1F

triadic

#AE831F #1FAE83 #831FAE

tetradic

#AE831F #1FAE3B #1F4AAE #AE1F91

square

#AE831F #1FAE3B #1F4AAE #AE1F91

split-complementary

#AE831F #1F91AE #3B1FAE

monochromatic

#46350C #7A5C16 #AE831F #DAA730 #E3BD64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE831F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AE831F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE831F

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE831F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE831F	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae831f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba664',
    500: '#ae831f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae831f;
$custom-light: #cba664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae831f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63549,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE831F

secondary

#6080C8

accent

#71ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE831F

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

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