#AE8824#AE8824

#AE8824 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8824
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 4.86, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 55.44, 84.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0075 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.12 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5798, 26.7362, 5.4294)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8824 #244AAE

analogous

#AE4324 #AE8824 #8FAE24

triadic

#AE8824 #24AE88 #8824AE

tetradic

#AE8824 #24AE43 #244AAE #AE248F

square

#AE8824 #24AE43 #244AAE #AE248F

split-complementary

#AE8824 #248FAE #4324AE

monochromatic

#49390F #7B601A #AE8824 #D6AB39 #E1C06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#AE8824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8824

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8824	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)

#998710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa67',
    500: '#ae8824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8824;
$custom-light: #cbaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64603,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8824

secondary

#6781C7

accent

#6EE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8824

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

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