#AE851E#AE851E

#AE851E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.122 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE851E
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 30)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 6.31, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 56.90, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.0111 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.122 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0792, 25.8694, 4.8478)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE851E #1E47AE

analogous

#AE3D1E #AE851E #8FAE1E

triadic

#AE851E #1EAE85 #851EAE

tetradic

#AE851E #1EAE3D #1E47AE #AE1E8F

square

#AE851E #1EAE3D #1E47AE #AE1E8F

split-complementary

#AE851E #1E8FAE #3D1EAE

monochromatic

#46350C #7A5D15 #AE851E #DBAA2E #E4BF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE851E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AE851E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE851E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE851E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE851E	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)

#978502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.122 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba864',
    500: '#ae851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae851e;
$custom-light: #cba864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63952,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE851E

secondary

#5F7DC9

accent

#6DED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE851E

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

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