#AE8923#AE8923

#AE8923 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8923
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 4.27, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 55.98, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0057 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.121 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7063, 27.0132, 5.3972)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8923 #2348AE

analogous

#AE4323 #AE8923 #8DAE23

triadic

#AE8923 #23AE89 #8923AE

tetradic

#AE8923 #23AE43 #2348AE #AE238D

square

#AE8923 #23AE43 #2348AE #AE238D

split-complementary

#AE8923 #238DAE #4323AE

monochromatic

#48390F #7B6119 #AE8923 #D7AC37 #E1C16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE8923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8923

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8923	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)

#9A880D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab67',
    500: '#ae8923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8923;
$custom-light: #cbab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64804,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8923

secondary

#6680C7

accent

#6CE93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8923

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

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