#AE8424#AE8424

#AE8424 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE8424
RGBrgb(174, 132, 36)
HSLhsl(42, 66%, 41%)
HSVhsv(42, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.1%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.68, 7.08, 54.27)
CIE-LCHlch(57.68, 54.73, 82.57°)
OKLaboklab(63.78% 0.0139 0.118)
OKLCHoklch(63.78% 0.119 83.3)
XYZxyz(26.0270, 25.6305, 5.2451)
Luminance0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE8424 #244EAE
analogous
#AE3F24 #AE8424 #93AE24
triadic
#AE8424 #24AE84 #8424AE
tetradic
#AE8424 #24AE3F #244EAE #AE2493
square
#AE8424 #24AE3F #244EAE #AE2493
split-complementary
#AE8424 #2493AE #3F24AE
monochromatic
#49370F #7B5E1A #AE8424 #D6A639 #E1BD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43
#AE8424 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13
#AE8424 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8424
6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE8424#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AE84241.003.436.136.13
#FFFFFF3.431.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1321.001.001.00
##0000006.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#968411
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A08F29
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BD7772
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 83.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba767',
    500: '#ae8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae8424;
$custom-light: #cba767;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63783,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE8424
secondary
#6784C7
accent
#73E93F
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#140F06
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

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#AE8424 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva