#AE8A23#AE8A23

#AE8A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.122 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A23
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 3.72, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 56.18, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0041 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.122 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8491, 27.2988, 5.4448)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A23 #2347AE

analogous

#AE4423 #AE8A23 #8CAE23

triadic

#AE8A23 #23AE8A #8A23AE

tetradic

#AE8A23 #23AE44 #2347AE #AE238C

square

#AE8A23 #23AE44 #2347AE #AE238C

split-complementary

#AE8A23 #238CAE #4423AE

monochromatic

#48390F #7B6219 #AE8A23 #D7AE37 #E1C26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A23

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A23	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)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.122 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab67',
    500: '#ae8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a23;
$custom-light: #cbab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.46,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65011,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A23

secondary

#667FC7

accent

#6BE93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A23

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

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