#AE7142#AE7142

#AE7142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.100 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7142
RGB	rgb(174, 113, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(26, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 19.38, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 40.55, 61.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0542 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.1 57)
XYZ	xyz(24.3457, 21.2044, 7.9639)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7142 #427FAE

analogous

#AE4249 #AE7142 #AEA742

triadic

#AE7142 #42AE71 #7142AE

tetradic

#AE7142 #49AE42 #427FAE #A742AE

square

#AE7142 #49AE42 #427FAE #A742AE

split-complementary

#AE7142 #42AEA7 #4249AE

monochromatic

#553720 #825431 #AE7142 #C69168 #D6B194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#AE7142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#AE7142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7142

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7142	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 113, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.100 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9a78',
    500: '#ae7142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7142;
$custom-light: #ca9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6035,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.21202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7142

secondary

#8AAAC2

accent

#9CD553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7142

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

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