#AE8621#AE8621

#AE8621 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.121 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8621
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 5.86, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 56.10, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.01 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.121 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2569, 26.1606, 5.1051)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8621 #2149AE

analogous

#AE4021 #AE8621 #8FAE21

triadic

#AE8621 #21AE86 #8621AE

tetradic

#AE8621 #21AE40 #2149AE #AE218F

square

#AE8621 #21AE40 #2149AE #AE218F

split-complementary

#AE8621 #218FAE #4021AE

monochromatic

#47370D #7B5E17 #AE8621 #D8AA34 #E2BF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE8621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AE8621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8621

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8621	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)

#98860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.121 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba866',
    500: '#ae8621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8621;
$custom-light: #cba866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64173,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8621

secondary

#6380C8

accent

#6EEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8621

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

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