#AE8422#AE8422

#AE8422 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.120 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8422
RGB	rgb(174, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 7.01, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 55.43, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0134 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.12 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9973, 25.6186, 5.0887)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8422 #224CAE

analogous

#AE3E22 #AE8422 #92AE22

triadic

#AE8422 #22AE84 #8422AE

tetradic

#AE8422 #22AE3E #224CAE #AE2292

square

#AE8422 #22AE3E #224CAE #AE2292

split-complementary

#AE8422 #2292AE #3E22AE

monochromatic

#48360E #7B5D18 #AE8422 #D8A736 #E2BD69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8422

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8422	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)

#96840D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.120 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba766',
    500: '#ae8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8422;
$custom-light: #cba766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6377,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8422

secondary

#6482C7

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8422

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

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