#AE861E#AE861E

#AE861E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.122 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE861E
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 30)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 5.76, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 57.07, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0095 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.122 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2167, 26.1445, 4.8936)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE861E #1E46AE

analogous

#AE3E1E #AE861E #8EAE1E

triadic

#AE861E #1EAE86 #861EAE

tetradic

#AE861E #1EAE3E #1E46AE #AE1E8E

square

#AE861E #1EAE3E #1E46AE #AE1E8E

split-complementary

#AE861E #1E8EAE #3E1EAE

monochromatic

#46360C #7A5E15 #AE861E #DBAB2E #E4C062

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE861E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AE861E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE861E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE861E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE861E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae861e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.122 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba864',
    500: '#ae861e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae861e;
$custom-light: #cba864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae861e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64157,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE861E

secondary

#5F7CC9

accent

#6CED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE861E

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

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