#AE8B24#AE8B24

#AE8B24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.122 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B24
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 3.20, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 56.04, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0027 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.122 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0083, 27.5931, 5.5722)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B24 #2447AE

analogous

#AE4624 #AE8B24 #8CAE24

triadic

#AE8B24 #24AE8B #8B24AE

tetradic

#AE8B24 #24AE46 #2447AE #AE248C

square

#AE8B24 #24AE46 #2447AE #AE248C

split-complementary

#AE8B24 #248CAE #4624AE

monochromatic

#493A0F #7B621A #AE8B24 #D6AE39 #E1C36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B24

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B24	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)

#9C8A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.122 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac68',
    500: '#ae8b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b24;
$custom-light: #cbac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65225,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B24

secondary

#677FC7

accent

#6AE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B24

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

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