#AE722A#AE722A

#AE722A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.114 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE722A
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 42)
HSL	hsl(33, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(33, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 17.41, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 50.61, 69.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.0447 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.114 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8926, 21.2027, 5.0243)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE722A #2A66AE

analogous

#AE302A #AE722A #A8AE2A

triadic

#AE722A #2AAE72 #722AAE

tetradic

#AE722A #2AAE30 #2A66AE #AE2AA8

square

#AE722A #2AAE30 #2A66AE #AE2AA8

split-complementary

#AE722A #2AA8AE #302AAE

monochromatic

#4B3112 #7D521E #AE722A #D29143 #DEAE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#AE722A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#AE722A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE722A

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE722A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE722A	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)

#867720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae722a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.114 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9a68',
    500: '#ae722a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae722a;
$custom-light: #cb9a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae722a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6027,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE722A

secondary

#6F96C5

accent

#8DE444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE722A

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

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