#AE8820#AE8820

#AE8820 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8820
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 32)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 4.72, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 56.79, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.0067 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.122 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5221, 26.7131, 5.1255)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8820 #2046AE

analogous

#AE4120 #AE8820 #8DAE20

triadic

#AE8820 #20AE88 #8820AE

tetradic

#AE8820 #20AE41 #2046AE #AE208D

square

#AE8820 #20AE41 #2046AE #AE208D

split-complementary

#AE8820 #208DAE #4120AE

monochromatic

#47370D #7A6016 #AE8820 #D9AC32 #E3C166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE8820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8820

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8820	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)

#998706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa65',
    500: '#ae8820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8820;
$custom-light: #cbaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6458,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8820

secondary

#627DC8

accent

#6BEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8820

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

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