#AE851B#AE851B

#AE851B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.123 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE851B
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 6.22, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 57.81, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0105 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.123 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0427, 25.8548, 4.6555)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE851B #1B44AE

analogous

#AE3B1B #AE851B #8EAE1B

triadic

#AE851B #1BAE85 #851BAE

tetradic

#AE851B #1BAE3B #1B44AE #AE1B8E

square

#AE851B #1BAE3B #1B44AE #AE1B8E

split-complementary

#AE851B #1B8EAE #3B1BAE

monochromatic

#44340B #795D13 #AE851B #DEAB28 #E6C05D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AE851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE851B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE851B	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.123 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba863',
    500: '#ae851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae851b;
$custom-light: #cba863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.265,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63936,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE851B

secondary

#5B7ACA

accent

#6BF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE851B

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

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