#AE712B#AE712B

#AE712B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.114 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE712B
RGB	rgb(174, 113, 43)
HSL	hsl(32, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(32, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 18.01, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 50.19, 68.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0466 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.114 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7986, 20.9856, 5.0823)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE712B #2B68AE

analogous

#AE2F2B #AE712B #AAAE2B

triadic

#AE712B #2BAE71 #712BAE

tetradic

#AE712B #2BAE2F #2B68AE #AE2BAA

square

#AE712B #2BAE2F #2B68AE #AE2BAA

split-complementary

#AE712B #2BAAAE #2F2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3113 #7D511F #AE712B #D19045 #DDAD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#AE712B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#AE712B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE712B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE712B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE712B	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae712b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 113, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.114 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9a69',
    500: '#ae712b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae712b;
$custom-light: #cb9a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae712b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.061,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60088,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE712B

secondary

#7097C5

accent

#8EE444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE712B

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

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