#AE772C#AE772C

#AE772C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.112 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE772C
RGB	rgb(174, 119, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 14.70, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 50.10, 72.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.037 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.112 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5088, 22.3763, 5.4107)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE772C #2C63AE

analogous

#AE362C #AE772C #A4AE2C

triadic

#AE772C #2CAE77 #772CAE

tetradic

#AE772C #2CAE36 #2C63AE #AE2CA4

square

#AE772C #2CAE36 #2C63AE #AE2CA4

split-complementary

#AE772C #2CA4AE #362CAE

monochromatic

#4C3413 #7D5620 #AE772C #D09647 #DDB278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#AE772C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#AE772C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE772C

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE772C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE772C	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)

#8A7A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae772c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 119, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.112 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e6a',
    500: '#ae772c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae772c;
$custom-light: #cb9e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae772c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6125,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE772C

secondary

#7194C5

accent

#88E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE772C

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

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