#AE8420#AE8420

#AE8420 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8420
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 6.94, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 56.10, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.013 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.121 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9693, 25.6074, 4.9412)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8420 #204AAE

analogous

#AE3D20 #AE8420 #91AE20

triadic

#AE8420 #20AE84 #8420AE

tetradic

#AE8420 #20AE3D #204AAE #AE2091

square

#AE8420 #20AE3D #204AAE #AE2091

split-complementary

#AE8420 #2091AE #3D20AE

monochromatic

#47360D #7A5D16 #AE8420 #D9A832 #E3BE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8420

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8420	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)

#968408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba765',
    500: '#ae8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8420;
$custom-light: #cba765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63758,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8420

secondary

#6280C8

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8420

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

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