#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
RGBrgb(174, 136, 30)
HSLhsl(44, 71%, 40%)
HSVhsv(44, 83%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.8%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(58.70, 4.65, 57.23)
CIE-LCHlch(58.70, 57.42, 85.35°)
OKLaboklab(64.57% 0.0063 0.1231)
OKLCHoklch(64.57% 0.123 87.1)
XYZxyz(26.4958, 26.7026, 4.9866)
Luminance0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##AE881E1.003.316.346.34
#FFFFFF3.311.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3421.001.001.00
##0000006.3421.001.001.00

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

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#AE881E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva