#AE8920#AE8920

#AE8920 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.123 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8920
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 32)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 4.16, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 56.98, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.0051 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.123 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6636, 26.9961, 5.1726)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8920 #2045AE

analogous

#AE4220 #AE8920 #8CAE20

triadic

#AE8920 #20AE89 #8920AE

tetradic

#AE8920 #20AE42 #2045AE #AE208C

square

#AE8920 #20AE42 #2045AE #AE208C

split-complementary

#AE8920 #208CAE #4220AE

monochromatic

#47380D #7A6016 #AE8920 #D9AE32 #E3C266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE8920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8920

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8920	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)

#9A8805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.123 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab65',
    500: '#ae8920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8920;
$custom-light: #cbab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.366,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64786,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8920

secondary

#627CC8

accent

#6AEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8920

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

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