#AE7540#AE7540

#AE7540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.100 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7540
RGB	rgb(174, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 16.99, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 41.45, 65.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.0467 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.1 62)
XYZ	xyz(24.7439, 22.0935, 7.8108)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7540 #4079AE

analogous

#AE4042 #AE7540 #AEAC40

triadic

#AE7540 #40AE75 #7540AE

tetradic

#AE7540 #42AE40 #4079AE #AC40AE

square

#AE7540 #42AE40 #4079AE #AC40AE

split-complementary

#AE7540 #40AEAC #4042AE

monochromatic

#55391F #815730 #AE7540 #C69465 #D7B392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#AE7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#AE7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7540

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7540	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.100 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9d76',
    500: '#ae7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7540;
$custom-light: #ca9d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61082,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.22091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7540

secondary

#88A6C2

accent

#96D652

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7540

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

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