#AE861F#AE861F

#AE861F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.122 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE861F
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 31)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 5.79, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 56.75, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0097 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.122 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2297, 26.1497, 4.9620)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE861F #1F47AE

analogous

#AE3F1F #AE861F #8EAE1F

triadic

#AE861F #1FAE86 #861FAE

tetradic

#AE861F #1FAE3F #1F47AE #AE1F8E

square

#AE861F #1FAE3F #1F47AE #AE1F8E

split-complementary

#AE861F #1F8EAE #3F1FAE

monochromatic

#46360C #7A5E16 #AE861F #DAAB30 #E3C064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE861F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AE861F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE861F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE861F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE861F	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)

#988604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae861f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.122 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba865',
    500: '#ae861f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae861f;
$custom-light: #cba865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae861f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE861F

secondary

#607DC8

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE861F

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

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