#AE8925#AE8925

#AE8925 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8925
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 37)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 4.35, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 55.29, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0061 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.12 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7368, 27.0254, 5.5581)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8925 #254AAE

analogous

#AE4525 #AE8925 #8FAE25

triadic

#AE8925 #25AE89 #8925AE

tetradic

#AE8925 #25AE45 #254AAE #AE258F

square

#AE8925 #25AE45 #254AAE #AE258F

split-complementary

#AE8925 #258FAE #4525AE

monochromatic

#493A10 #7C611A #AE8925 #D5AC3B #E0C16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE8925 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8925

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8925	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)

#9A8811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab68',
    500: '#ae8925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8925;
$custom-light: #cbab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64816,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8925

secondary

#6882C6

accent

#6DE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8925

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

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