#AE8823#AE8823

#AE8823 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.121 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8823
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 4.82, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 55.79, 85.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0073 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.121 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5648, 26.7302, 5.3501)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8823 #2349AE

analogous

#AE4223 #AE8823 #8EAE23

triadic

#AE8823 #23AE88 #8823AE

tetradic

#AE8823 #23AE42 #2349AE #AE238E

square

#AE8823 #23AE42 #2349AE #AE238E

split-complementary

#AE8823 #238EAE #4223AE

monochromatic

#48380F #7B6019 #AE8823 #D7AB37 #E1C16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8823

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8823	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.121 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa67',
    500: '#ae8823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8823;
$custom-light: #cbaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64597,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8823

secondary

#6680C7

accent

#6DE93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8823

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

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