#AE7537#AE7537

#AE7537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.106 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7537
RGB	rgb(174, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 16.41, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 45.36, 68.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.0436 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.106 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5082, 21.9992, 6.5692)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7537 #3770AE

analogous

#AE3A37 #AE7537 #ABAE37

triadic

#AE7537 #37AE75 #7537AE

tetradic

#AE7537 #37AE3A #3770AE #AE37AB

square

#AE7537 #37AE3A #3770AE #AE37AB

split-complementary

#AE7537 #37ABAE #3A37AE

monochromatic

#51361A #7F5628 #AE7537 #CA9458 #D9B186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#AE7537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#AE7537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7537

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7537	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.106 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9c70',
    500: '#ae7537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7537;
$custom-light: #ca9c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.261,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60972,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7537

secondary

#7E9FC3

accent

#91DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7537

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

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