#AE8A20#AE8A20

#AE8A20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.123 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A20
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 3.61, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 57.17, 86.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0035 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.123 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8064, 27.2817, 5.2202)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A20 #2044AE

analogous

#AE4320 #AE8A20 #8BAE20

triadic

#AE8A20 #20AE8A #8A20AE

tetradic

#AE8A20 #20AE43 #2044AE #AE208B

square

#AE8A20 #20AE43 #2044AE #AE208B

split-complementary

#AE8A20 #208BAE #4320AE

monochromatic

#47380D #7A6116 #AE8A20 #D9AF32 #E3C366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A20

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A20	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.123 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab66',
    500: '#ae8a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a20;
$custom-light: #cbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64994,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A20

secondary

#627CC8

accent

#69EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A20

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

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