#AE7523#AE7523

#AE7523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.117 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7523
RGB	rgb(174, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 15.44, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 53.40, 73.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.038 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.117 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1221, 21.8448, 4.5358)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7523 #235CAE

analogous

#AE3023 #AE7523 #A1AE23

triadic

#AE7523 #23AE75 #7523AE

tetradic

#AE7523 #23AE30 #235CAE #AE23A1

square

#AE7523 #23AE30 #235CAE #AE23A1

split-complementary

#AE7523 #23A1AE #3023AE

monochromatic

#48300F #7B5319 #AE7523 #D79537 #E1B06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AE7523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#AE7523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7523

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7523	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.117 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9c65',
    500: '#ae7523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7523;
$custom-light: #cb9c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60792,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7523

secondary

#668EC7

accent

#85E93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7523

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

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