#AE8322#AE8322

#AE8322 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.120 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8322
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 7.56, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 55.27, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.015 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.12 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8623, 25.3487, 5.0437)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8322 #224DAE

analogous

#AE3D22 #AE8322 #93AE22

triadic

#AE8322 #22AE83 #8322AE

tetradic

#AE8322 #22AE3D #224DAE #AE2293

square

#AE8322 #22AE3D #224DAE #AE2293

split-complementary

#AE8322 #2293AE #3D22AE

monochromatic

#48360E #7B5C18 #AE8322 #D8A636 #E2BD69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AE8322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AE8322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8322

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8322	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)

#95830E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.120 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba666',
    500: '#ae8322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8322;
$custom-light: #cba666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63566,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8322

secondary

#6483C7

accent

#73EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8322

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

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