#AE742D#AE742D

#AE742D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.112 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE742D
RGB	rgb(174, 116, 45)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 16.43, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 49.50, 70.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.0422 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.112 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1764, 21.6811, 5.3937)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE742D #2D67AE

analogous

#AE332D #AE742D #A7AE2D

triadic

#AE742D #2DAE74 #742DAE

tetradic

#AE742D #2DAE33 #2D67AE #AE2DA7

square

#AE742D #2DAE33 #2D67AE #AE2DA7

split-complementary

#AE742D #2DA7AE #332DAE

monochromatic

#4D3314 #7D5420 #AE742D #D09348 #DCB079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AE742D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#AE742D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE742D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE742D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE742D	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae742d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 116, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.112 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9c6a',
    500: '#ae742d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae742d;
$custom-light: #cb9c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae742d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.023,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60679,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE742D

secondary

#7297C4

accent

#8CE246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE742D

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

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