#AE8A24#AE8A24

#AE8A24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A24
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 3.75, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 55.84, 86.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0043 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.121 88)
XYZ	xyz(26.8641, 27.3048, 5.5242)
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

#AE8A24 #2448AE

analogous

#AE4524 #AE8A24 #8DAE24

triadic

#AE8A24 #24AE8A #8A24AE

tetradic

#AE8A24 #24AE45 #2448AE #AE248D

square

#AE8A24 #24AE45 #2448AE #AE248D

split-complementary

#AE8A24 #248DAE #4524AE

monochromatic

#493A0F #7B621A #AE8A24 #D6AD39 #E1C26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A24

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A24	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)

#9B890F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab67',
    500: '#ae8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a24;
$custom-light: #cbab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65017,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.27303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A24

secondary

#6780C7

accent

#6BE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A24

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

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