#AE8A22#AE8A22

#AE8A22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.122 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A22
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 3.68, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 56.52, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0039 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.122 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8345, 27.2930, 5.3678)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A22 #2246AE

analogous

#AE4422 #AE8A22 #8CAE22

triadic

#AE8A22 #22AE8A #8A22AE

tetradic

#AE8A22 #22AE44 #2246AE #AE228C

square

#AE8A22 #22AE44 #2246AE #AE228C

split-complementary

#AE8A22 #228CAE #4422AE

monochromatic

#48390E #7B6118 #AE8A22 #D8AE36 #E2C369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A22

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A22	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)

#9B890A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.122 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab66',
    500: '#ae8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a22;
$custom-light: #cbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65005,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A22

secondary

#647EC7

accent

#6AEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A22

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

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