#AE881E#AE881E

#AE881E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.123 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE881E
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 30)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 4.65, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 57.42, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0063 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.123 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4958, 26.7026, 4.9866)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE881E #1E44AE

analogous

#AE401E #AE881E #8CAE1E

triadic

#AE881E #1EAE88 #881EAE

tetradic

#AE881E #1EAE40 #1E44AE #AE1E8C

square

#AE881E #1EAE40 #1E44AE #AE1E8C

split-complementary

#AE881E #1E8CAE #401EAE

monochromatic

#46360C #7A5F15 #AE881E #DBAD2E #E4C262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE881E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE881E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE881E

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE881E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE881E	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae881e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.123 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa64',
    500: '#ae881e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae881e;
$custom-light: #cbaa64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae881e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64569,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE881E

secondary

#5F7BC9

accent

#6AED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE881E

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

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