#AE742C#AE742C

#AE742C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.113 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE742C
RGB	rgb(174, 116, 44)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 16.38, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 49.91, 70.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.0419 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.113 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1574, 21.6735, 5.2935)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE742C #2C66AE

analogous

#AE332C #AE742C #A7AE2C

triadic

#AE742C #2CAE74 #742CAE

tetradic

#AE742C #2CAE33 #2C66AE #AE2CA7

square

#AE742C #2CAE33 #2C66AE #AE2CA7

split-complementary

#AE742C #2CA7AE #332CAE

monochromatic

#4C3313 #7D5320 #AE742C #D09347 #DDB078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AE742C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AE742C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE742C

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE742C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE742C	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)

#877823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae742c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 116, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.113 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9c6a',
    500: '#ae742c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae742c;
$custom-light: #cb9c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae742c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.231,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6067,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE742C

secondary

#7196C5

accent

#8BE345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE742C

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

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