#AE881F#AE881F

#AE881F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.123 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE881F
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 31)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 4.68, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 57.11, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0065 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.123 87)
XYZ	xyz(26.5088, 26.7078, 5.0550)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE881F #1F45AE

analogous

#AE411F #AE881F #8CAE1F

triadic

#AE881F #1FAE88 #881FAE

tetradic

#AE881F #1FAE41 #1F45AE #AE1F8C

square

#AE881F #1FAE41 #1F45AE #AE1F8C

split-complementary

#AE881F #1F8CAE #411FAE

monochromatic

#46370C #7A5F16 #AE881F #DAAD30 #E3C264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE881F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE881F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE881F

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE881F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE881F	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)

#998703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae881f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.123 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa65',
    500: '#ae881f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae881f;
$custom-light: #cbaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae881f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64574,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.26706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE881F

secondary

#607CC8

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE881F

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

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