#AE703B#AE703B

#AE703B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.104 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE703B
RGB	rgb(174, 112, 59)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 19.46, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 43.53, 63.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.0533 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.104 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0409, 20.9050, 6.9058)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE703B #3B79AE

analogous

#AE3B40 #AE703B #AEA93B

triadic

#AE703B #3BAE70 #703BAE

tetradic

#AE703B #40AE3B #3B79AE #A93BAE

square

#AE703B #40AE3B #3B79AE #A93BAE

split-complementary

#AE703B #3BAEA9 #3B40AE

monochromatic

#53351C #80532C #AE703B #C88F5E #D8AF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AE703B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AE703B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE703B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE703B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE703B	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae703b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 112, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.104 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9973',
    500: '#ae703b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae703b;
$custom-light: #ca9973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae703b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.652,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60069,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE703B

secondary

#82A5C2

accent

#99D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE703B

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

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