#AE851F#AE851F

#AE851F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.122 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE851F
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 6.35, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 56.58, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.0112 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.122 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0922, 25.8746, 4.9161)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE851F #1F48AE

analogous

#AE3D1F #AE851F #90AE1F

triadic

#AE851F #1FAE85 #851FAE

tetradic

#AE851F #1FAE3D #1F48AE #AE1F90

square

#AE851F #1FAE3D #1F48AE #AE1F90

split-complementary

#AE851F #1F90AE #3D1FAE

monochromatic

#46360C #7A5D16 #AE851F #DAA930 #E3BF64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AE851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE851F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE851F	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)

#978505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.122 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba864',
    500: '#ae851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae851f;
$custom-light: #cba864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.797,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63957,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE851F

secondary

#607EC8

accent

#6EED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE851F

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

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