#AE742A#AE742A

#AE742A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.114 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE742A
RGB	rgb(174, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(34, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(34, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 16.29, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 50.70, 71.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.0414 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.114 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1207, 21.6588, 5.1003)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE742A #2A64AE

analogous

#AE322A #AE742A #A6AE2A

triadic

#AE742A #2AAE74 #742AAE

tetradic

#AE742A #2AAE32 #2A64AE #AE2AA6

square

#AE742A #2AAE32 #2A64AE #AE2AA6

split-complementary

#AE742A #2AA6AE #322AAE

monochromatic

#4B3212 #7D531E #AE742A #D29343 #DEB075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AE742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AE742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE742A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE742A	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)

#877820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.114 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9c68',
    500: '#ae742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae742a;
$custom-light: #cb9c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60653,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE742A

secondary

#6F95C5

accent

#8AE444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE742A

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

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