#AE8922#AE8922

#AE8922 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.122 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8922
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 4.23, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 56.32, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0055 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.122 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6916, 27.0073, 5.3202)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8922 #2247AE

analogous

#AE4322 #AE8922 #8DAE22

triadic

#AE8922 #22AE89 #8922AE

tetradic

#AE8922 #22AE43 #2247AE #AE228D

square

#AE8922 #22AE43 #2247AE #AE228D

split-complementary

#AE8922 #228DAE #4322AE

monochromatic

#48380E #7B6118 #AE8922 #D8AD36 #E2C269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE8922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8922

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8922	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)

#9A880A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.122 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab66',
    500: '#ae8922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8922;
$custom-light: #cbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8922

secondary

#647FC7

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8922

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

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