#AE8A25#AE8A25

#AE8A25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A25
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 3.79, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 55.49, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0045 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.121 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8796, 27.3110, 5.6057)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A25 #2549AE

analogous

#AE4625 #AE8A25 #8EAE25

triadic

#AE8A25 #25AE8A #8A25AE

tetradic

#AE8A25 #25AE46 #2549AE #AE258E

square

#AE8A25 #25AE46 #2549AE #AE258E

split-complementary

#AE8A25 #258EAE #4625AE

monochromatic

#493A10 #7C621A #AE8A25 #D5AD3B #E0C26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AE8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A25

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A25	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)

#9B8911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab68',
    500: '#ae8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a25;
$custom-light: #cbab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.234,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65024,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A25

secondary

#6881C6

accent

#6CE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A25

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

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