#AE8924#AE8924

#AE8924 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8924
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 4.31, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 55.64, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0059 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.121 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7213, 27.0192, 5.4766)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8924 #2449AE

analogous

#AE4424 #AE8924 #8EAE24

triadic

#AE8924 #24AE89 #8924AE

tetradic

#AE8924 #24AE44 #2449AE #AE248E

square

#AE8924 #24AE44 #2449AE #AE248E

split-complementary

#AE8924 #248EAE #4424AE

monochromatic

#49390F #7B611A #AE8924 #D6AC39 #E1C16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE8924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8924

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8924	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)

#9A880F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab67',
    500: '#ae8924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8924;
$custom-light: #cbab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6481,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8924

secondary

#6781C7

accent

#6DE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8924

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

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