#AE8B23#AE8B23

#AE8B23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.122 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B23
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 3.17, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 56.39, 86.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0025 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.122 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9932, 27.5871, 5.4929)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B23 #2346AE

analogous

#AE4523 #AE8B23 #8BAE23

triadic

#AE8B23 #23AE8B #8B23AE

tetradic

#AE8B23 #23AE45 #2346AE #AE238B

square

#AE8B23 #23AE45 #2346AE #AE238B

split-complementary

#AE8B23 #238BAE #4523AE

monochromatic

#483A0F #7B6219 #AE8B23 #D7AF37 #E1C36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B23

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B23	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.122 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac67',
    500: '#ae8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b23;
$custom-light: #cbac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B23

secondary

#667EC7

accent

#69E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B23

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

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