#AE8521#AE8521

#AE8521 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.121 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8521
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 6.41, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 55.93, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.0116 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.121 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1193, 25.8855, 5.0593)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8521 #214AAE

analogous

#AE3E21 #AE8521 #90AE21

triadic

#AE8521 #21AE85 #8521AE

tetradic

#AE8521 #21AE3E #214AAE #AE2190

square

#AE8521 #21AE3E #214AAE #AE2190

split-complementary

#AE8521 #2190AE #3E21AE

monochromatic

#47360D #7B5E17 #AE8521 #D8A934 #E2BE67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AE8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AE8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8521

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8521	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)

#97850A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.121 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba865',
    500: '#ae8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8521;
$custom-light: #cba865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63968,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8521

secondary

#6380C8

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8521

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

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