#AE851D#AE851D

#AE851D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.123 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE851D
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 29)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 83.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 6.28, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 57.21, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.0109 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.123 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0666, 25.8644, 4.7816)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE851D #1D46AE

analogous

#AE3C1D #AE851D #8FAE1D

triadic

#AE851D #1DAE85 #851DAE

tetradic

#AE851D #1DAE3C #1D46AE #AE1D8F

square

#AE851D #1DAE3C #1D46AE #AE1D8F

split-complementary

#AE851D #1D8FAE #3C1DAE

monochromatic

#45350C #7A5D14 #AE851D #DCAA2C #E5BF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE851D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AE851D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE851D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE851D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE851D	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)

#A19023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae851d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.123 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba864',
    500: '#ae851d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae851d;
$custom-light: #cba864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae851d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.034,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63946,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE851D

secondary

#5E7CC9

accent

#6DEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE851D

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

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