#AE7827#AE7827

#AE7827 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.115 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7827
RGB	rgb(174, 120, 39)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 13.91, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 52.13, 74.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.034 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.115 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5400, 22.5802, 4.9850)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7827 #275DAE

analogous

#AE3527 #AE7827 #A1AE27

triadic

#AE7827 #27AE78 #7827AE

tetradic

#AE7827 #27AE35 #275DAE #AE27A1

square

#AE7827 #27AE35 #275DAE #AE27A1

split-complementary

#AE7827 #27A1AE #3527AE

monochromatic

#4A3311 #7C561C #AE7827 #D4983E #DFB370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#AE7827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#AE7827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7827

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7827	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 120, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.115 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e67',
    500: '#ae7827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7827;
$custom-light: #cb9e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61405,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7827

secondary

#6B8FC6

accent

#83E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7827

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

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