#AE8721#AE8721

#AE8721 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.121 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8721
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 5.31, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 56.28, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0084 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.121 86)
XYZ	xyz(26.3958, 26.4383, 5.1514)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8721 #2148AE

analogous

#AE4021 #AE8721 #8EAE21

triadic

#AE8721 #21AE87 #8721AE

tetradic

#AE8721 #21AE40 #2148AE #AE218E

square

#AE8721 #21AE40 #2148AE #AE218E

split-complementary

#AE8721 #218EAE #4021AE

monochromatic

#47370D #7B5F17 #AE8721 #D8AB34 #E2C067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE8721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#AE8721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8721

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8721	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.121 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba966',
    500: '#ae8721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8721;
$custom-light: #cba966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64379,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.26436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8721

secondary

#637FC8

accent

#6DEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8721

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

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