#AE7342#AE7342

#AE7342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.099 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7342
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 18.26, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 40.54, 63.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.0508 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.099 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5713, 21.6556, 8.0391)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7342 #427DAE

analogous

#AE4247 #AE7342 #AEA942

triadic

#AE7342 #42AE73 #7342AE

tetradic

#AE7342 #47AE42 #427DAE #A942AE

square

#AE7342 #47AE42 #427DAE #A942AE

split-complementary

#AE7342 #42AEA9 #4247AE

monochromatic

#553820 #825631 #AE7342 #C69268 #D6B294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AE7342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AE7342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7342

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7342	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.099 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9b78',
    500: '#ae7342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7342;
$custom-light: #ca9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60728,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7342

secondary

#8AA8C2

accent

#9AD553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7342

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

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