#AE841C#AE841C

#AE841C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.123 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE841C
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 28)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 83.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 6.81, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 57.36, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0123 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.123 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9182, 25.5870, 4.6721)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE841C #1C46AE

analogous

#AE3B1C #AE841C #8FAE1C

triadic

#AE841C #1CAE84 #841CAE

tetradic

#AE841C #1CAE3B #1C46AE #AE1C8F

square

#AE841C #1CAE3B #1C46AE #AE1C8F

split-complementary

#AE841C #1C8FAE #3B1CAE

monochromatic

#45340B #795C14 #AE841C #DDA92A #E5BF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE841C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE841C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE841C

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE841C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE841C	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)

#A08F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae841c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.123 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba763',
    500: '#ae841c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae841c;
$custom-light: #cba763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae841c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63737,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE841C

secondary

#5C7CCA

accent

#6DEF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE841C

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

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