#AE8520#AE8520

#AE8520 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.121 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8520
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 6.38, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 56.26, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.0114 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.121 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1055, 25.8799, 4.9866)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8520 #2049AE

analogous

#AE3E20 #AE8520 #90AE20

triadic

#AE8520 #20AE85 #8520AE

tetradic

#AE8520 #20AE3E #2049AE #AE2090

square

#AE8520 #20AE3E #2049AE #AE2090

split-complementary

#AE8520 #2090AE #3E20AE

monochromatic

#47360D #7A5D16 #AE8520 #D9A932 #E3BF66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8520

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8520	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.121 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba865',
    500: '#ae8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8520;
$custom-light: #cba865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.676,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63963,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8520

secondary

#627FC8

accent

#6FEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8520

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

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