#AE841B#AE841B

#AE841B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.123 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE841B
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 6.78, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 57.66, 83.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0121 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.123 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9064, 25.5823, 4.6101)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE841B #1B45AE

analogous

#AE3B1B #AE841B #8FAE1B

triadic

#AE841B #1BAE84 #841BAE

tetradic

#AE841B #1BAE3B #1B45AE #AE1B8F

square

#AE841B #1BAE3B #1B45AE #AE1B8F

split-complementary

#AE841B #1B8FAE #3B1BAE

monochromatic

#44340B #795C13 #AE841B #DEAA28 #E6BF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE841B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE841B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE841B

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE841B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE841B	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae841b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.123 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba763',
    500: '#ae841b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae841b;
$custom-light: #cba763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae841b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63732,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE841B

secondary

#5B7BCA

accent

#6DF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE841B

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

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