#AE8822#AE8822

#AE8822 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.121 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8822
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 4.79, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 56.13, 85.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0071 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.121 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5502, 26.7244, 5.2730)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8822 #2248AE

analogous

#AE4222 #AE8822 #8EAE22

triadic

#AE8822 #22AE88 #8822AE

tetradic

#AE8822 #22AE42 #2248AE #AE228E

square

#AE8822 #22AE42 #2248AE #AE228E

split-complementary

#AE8822 #228EAE #4222AE

monochromatic

#48380E #7B6018 #AE8822 #D8AC36 #E2C169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8822

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8822	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)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.121 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa66',
    500: '#ae8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8822;
$custom-light: #cbaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64591,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8822

secondary

#647FC7

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8822

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

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