#AE742E#AE742E

#AE742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.112 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE742E
RGB	rgb(174, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 16.48, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 49.10, 70.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.0425 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.112 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1959, 21.6889, 5.4963)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE742E #2E68AE

analogous

#AE342E #AE742E #A8AE2E

triadic

#AE742E #2EAE74 #742EAE

tetradic

#AE742E #2EAE34 #2E68AE #AE2EA8

square

#AE742E #2EAE34 #2E68AE #AE2EA8

split-complementary

#AE742E #2EA8AE #342EAE

monochromatic

#4D3314 #7E5421 #AE742E #CF934A #DCB07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AE742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#AE742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE742E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE742E	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	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)

#877825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.112 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9c6b',
    500: '#ae742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae742e;
$custom-light: #cb9c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.813,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60688,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE742E

secondary

#7498C4

accent

#8DE146

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE742E

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

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