#AE841F#AE841F

#AE841F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE841F
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 31)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 6.90, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 56.42, 82.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0128 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.121 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9559, 25.6021, 4.8707)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE841F #1F49AE

analogous

#AE3D1F #AE841F #90AE1F

triadic

#AE841F #1FAE84 #841FAE

tetradic

#AE841F #1FAE3D #1F49AE #AE1F90

square

#AE841F #1FAE3D #1F49AE #AE1F90

split-complementary

#AE841F #1F90AE #3D1FAE

monochromatic

#46350C #7A5D16 #AE841F #DAA830 #E3BE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE841F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE841F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE841F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE841F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE841F	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)

#968405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae841f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba764',
    500: '#ae841f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae841f;
$custom-light: #cba764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae841f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63753,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE841F

secondary

#607FC8

accent

#6FED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE841F

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

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