#AE742F#AE742F

#AE742F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.111 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE742F
RGB	rgb(174, 116, 47)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 16.53, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 48.69, 70.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.0428 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.111 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2158, 21.6969, 5.6013)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE742F #2F69AE

analogous

#AE342F #AE742F #A8AE2F

triadic

#AE742F #2FAE74 #742FAE

tetradic

#AE742F #2FAE34 #2F69AE #AE2FA8

square

#AE742F #2FAE34 #2F69AE #AE2FA8

split-complementary

#AE742F #2FA8AE #342FAE

monochromatic

#4E3415 #7E5422 #AE742F #CF934C #DCB07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AE742F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#AE742F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE742F

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE742F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE742F	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)

#877827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae742f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 116, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.111 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9c6b',
    500: '#ae742f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae742f;
$custom-light: #cb9c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae742f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.598,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60698,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE742F

secondary

#7599C4

accent

#8DE147

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE742F

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

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