#AE8A21#AE8A21

#AE8A21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.123 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A21
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 3.65, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 56.85, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0037 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.123 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8202, 27.2873, 5.2929)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A21 #2145AE

analogous

#AE4321 #AE8A21 #8BAE21

triadic

#AE8A21 #21AE8A #8A21AE

tetradic

#AE8A21 #21AE43 #2145AE #AE218B

square

#AE8A21 #21AE43 #2145AE #AE218B

split-complementary

#AE8A21 #218BAE #4321AE

monochromatic

#47380D #7B6117 #AE8A21 #D8AE34 #E2C367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A21

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A21	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)

#9B8907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.123 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab66',
    500: '#ae8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a21;
$custom-light: #cbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64999,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A21

secondary

#637DC8

accent

#69EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A21

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

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