#AE891E#AE891E

#AE891E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.124 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE891E
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 4.10, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 57.61, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0047 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.124 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6373, 26.9856, 5.0338)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE891E #1E43AE

analogous

#AE411E #AE891E #8BAE1E

triadic

#AE891E #1EAE89 #891EAE

tetradic

#AE891E #1EAE41 #1E43AE #AE1E8B

square

#AE891E #1EAE41 #1E43AE #AE1E8B

split-complementary

#AE891E #1E8BAE #411EAE

monochromatic

#46370C #7A6015 #AE891E #DBAF2E #E4C362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE891E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE891E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE891E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE891E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE891E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae891e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.124 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab65',
    500: '#ae891e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae891e;
$custom-light: #cbab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae891e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64776,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE891E

secondary

#5F7AC9

accent

#68ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE891E

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

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