#AE8821#AE8821

#AE8821 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8821
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 4.75, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 56.46, 85.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0069 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.122 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5359, 26.7187, 5.1981)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8821 #2147AE

analogous

#AE4221 #AE8821 #8DAE21

triadic

#AE8821 #21AE88 #8821AE

tetradic

#AE8821 #21AE42 #2147AE #AE218D

square

#AE8821 #21AE42 #2147AE #AE218D

split-complementary

#AE8821 #218DAE #4221AE

monochromatic

#47380D #7B6017 #AE8821 #D8AC34 #E2C167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE8821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8821

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8821	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)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa66',
    500: '#ae8821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8821;
$custom-light: #cbaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64585,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8821

secondary

#637EC8

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8821

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

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