#AE8B25#AE8B25

#AE8B25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8B25
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 3.24, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 55.70, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.003 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.121 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0238, 27.5993, 5.6538)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8B25 #2548AE

analogous

#AE4725 #AE8B25 #8DAE25

triadic

#AE8B25 #25AE8B #8B25AE

tetradic

#AE8B25 #25AE47 #2548AE #AE258D

square

#AE8B25 #25AE47 #2548AE #AE258D

split-complementary

#AE8B25 #258DAE #4725AE

monochromatic

#493A10 #7C631A #AE8B25 #D5AE3B #E0C36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE8B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AE8B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8B25

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8B25	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)

#9C8A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac68',
    500: '#ae8b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8b25;
$custom-light: #cbac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65231,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8B25

secondary

#6880C6

accent

#6BE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8B25

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

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