#AE8623#AE8623

#AE8623 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8623
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 5.93, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 55.42, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.0105 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.12 85)
XYZ	xyz(26.2857, 26.1721, 5.2571)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8623 #234BAE

analogous

#AE4023 #AE8623 #90AE23

triadic

#AE8623 #23AE86 #8623AE

tetradic

#AE8623 #23AE40 #234BAE #AE2390

square

#AE8623 #23AE40 #234BAE #AE2390

split-complementary

#AE8623 #2390AE #4023AE

monochromatic

#48380F #7B5F19 #AE8623 #D7A937 #E1BF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE8623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AE8623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8623

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8623	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)

#98860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba866',
    500: '#ae8623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8623;
$custom-light: #cba866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.2617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8623

secondary

#6682C7

accent

#70E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8623

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

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