#AE891F#AE891F

#AE891F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.123 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE891F
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 31)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 4.13, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 57.30, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0049 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.123 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6502, 26.9908, 5.1021)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE891F #1F44AE

analogous

#AE421F #AE891F #8BAE1F

triadic

#AE891F #1FAE89 #891FAE

tetradic

#AE891F #1FAE42 #1F44AE #AE1F8B

square

#AE891F #1FAE42 #1F44AE #AE1F8B

split-complementary

#AE891F #1F8BAE #421FAE

monochromatic

#46370C #7A6016 #AE891F #DAAE30 #E3C264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE891F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE891F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE891F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE891F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE891F	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)

#9A8802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae891f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.123 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab65',
    500: '#ae891f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae891f;
$custom-light: #cbab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae891f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64781,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE891F

secondary

#607BC8

accent

#69ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE891F

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

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