#AE772B#AE772B

#AE772B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.113 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE772B
RGB	rgb(174, 119, 43)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 14.65, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 50.50, 73.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.0367 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.113 71)
XYZ	xyz(24.4902, 22.3689, 5.3128)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE772B #2B62AE

analogous

#AE352B #AE772B #A4AE2B

triadic

#AE772B #2BAE77 #772BAE

tetradic

#AE772B #2BAE35 #2B62AE #AE2BA4

square

#AE772B #2BAE35 #2B62AE #AE2BA4

split-complementary

#AE772B #2BA4AE #352BAE

monochromatic

#4C3413 #7D551F #AE772B #D19645 #DDB276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#AE772B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#AE772B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE772B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE772B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE772B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae772b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 119, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.113 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e69',
    500: '#ae772b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae772b;
$custom-light: #cb9e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae772b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61242,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.22367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE772B

secondary

#7094C5

accent

#87E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE772B

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

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