#AE8921#AE8921

#AE8921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.122 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8921
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 4.20, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 56.65, 85.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.0053 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.122 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6774, 27.0016, 5.2453)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8921 #2146AE

analogous

#AE4221 #AE8921 #8CAE21

triadic

#AE8921 #21AE89 #8921AE

tetradic

#AE8921 #21AE42 #2146AE #AE218C

square

#AE8921 #21AE42 #2146AE #AE218C

split-complementary

#AE8921 #218CAE #4221AE

monochromatic

#47380D #7B6017 #AE8921 #D8AD34 #E2C267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE8921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8921

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8921	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)

#9A8808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.122 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab66',
    500: '#ae8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8921;
$custom-light: #cbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64792,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8921

secondary

#637DC8

accent

#6BEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8921

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

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