#AE7228#AE7228

#AE7228 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.115 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7228
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 40)
HSL	hsl(33, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(33, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 17.32, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 51.39, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.0442 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.115 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8577, 21.1887, 4.8404)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7228 #2864AE

analogous

#AE2F28 #AE7228 #A7AE28

triadic

#AE7228 #28AE72 #7228AE

tetradic

#AE7228 #28AE2F #2864AE #AE28A7

square

#AE7228 #28AE2F #2864AE #AE28A7

split-complementary

#AE7228 #28A7AE #2F28AE

monochromatic

#4A3111 #7C511D #AE7228 #D39140 #DFAE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#AE7228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#AE7228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7228

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7228	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)

#86771D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.115 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9a67',
    500: '#ae7228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7228;
$custom-light: #cb9a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60253,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7228

secondary

#6C94C6

accent

#8BE642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7228

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

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