#AE8320#AE8320

#AE8320 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.121 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8320
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 7.49, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 55.94, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0146 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.121 83)
XYZ	xyz(25.8343, 25.3375, 4.8962)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8320 #204BAE

analogous

#AE3C20 #AE8320 #92AE20

triadic

#AE8320 #20AE83 #8320AE

tetradic

#AE8320 #20AE3C #204BAE #AE2092

square

#AE8320 #20AE3C #204BAE #AE2092

split-complementary

#AE8320 #2092AE #3C20AE

monochromatic

#47350D #7A5C16 #AE8320 #D9A732 #E3BD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AE8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8320

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8320	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)

#958309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.121 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba665',
    500: '#ae8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8320;
$custom-light: #cba665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63554,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.25336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8320

secondary

#6281C8

accent

#71EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8320

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

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