#AE7231#AE7231

#AE7231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.110 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7231
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(31, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 17.75, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 47.78, 68.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.0467 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.11 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0290, 21.2573, 5.7427)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7231 #316DAE

analogous

#AE3331 #AE7231 #ABAE31

triadic

#AE7231 #31AE72 #7231AE

tetradic

#AE7231 #31AE33 #316DAE #AE31AB

square

#AE7231 #31AE33 #316DAE #AE31AB

split-complementary

#AE7231 #31ABAE #3331AE

monochromatic

#4E3316 #7E5324 #AE7231 #CD914F #DBAF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AE7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AE7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7231

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7231	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.110 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9a6c',
    500: '#ae7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7231;
$custom-light: #cb9a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60335,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7231

secondary

#779CC4

accent

#91DF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7231

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

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