#AE8622#AE8622

#AE8622 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.121 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8622
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 5.89, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 55.77, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0103 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.121 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2711, 26.1663, 5.1800)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8622 #224AAE

analogous

#AE4022 #AE8622 #90AE22

triadic

#AE8622 #22AE86 #8622AE

tetradic

#AE8622 #22AE40 #224AAE #AE2290

square

#AE8622 #22AE40 #224AAE #AE2290

split-complementary

#AE8622 #2290AE #4022AE

monochromatic

#48370E #7B5F18 #AE8622 #D8A936 #E2BF69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AE8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8622

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8622	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)

#98860C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.121 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba866',
    500: '#ae8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8622;
$custom-light: #cba866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64179,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8622

secondary

#6481C7

accent

#6FEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8622

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

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