#AE841D#AE841D

#AE841D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.122 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE841D
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 29)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 83.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 6.84, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 57.05, 83.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0125 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.122 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9304, 25.5919, 4.7362)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE841D #1D47AE

analogous

#AE3C1D #AE841D #8FAE1D

triadic

#AE841D #1DAE84 #841DAE

tetradic

#AE841D #1DAE3C #1D47AE #AE1D8F

square

#AE841D #1DAE3C #1D47AE #AE1D8F

split-complementary

#AE841D #1D8FAE #3C1DAE

monochromatic

#45340C #7A5C14 #AE841D #DCA92C #E5BE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE841D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE841D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE841D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE841D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE841D	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)

#968401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae841d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.122 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba763',
    500: '#ae841d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae841d;
$custom-light: #cba763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae841d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE841D

secondary

#5E7DC9

accent

#6EEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE841D

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

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