#AE7828#AE7828

#AE7828 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.115 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7828
RGB	rgb(174, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 13.95, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 51.75, 74.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.0343 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.115 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5568, 22.5869, 5.0735)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7828 #285EAE

analogous

#AE3528 #AE7828 #A1AE28

triadic

#AE7828 #28AE78 #7828AE

tetradic

#AE7828 #28AE35 #285EAE #AE28A1

square

#AE7828 #28AE35 #285EAE #AE28A1

split-complementary

#AE7828 #28A1AE #3528AE

monochromatic

#4A3311 #7C561D #AE7828 #D39840 #DFB372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#AE7828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#AE7828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7828

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7828	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)

#8B7B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.115 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e68',
    500: '#ae7828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7828;
$custom-light: #cb9e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61412,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7828

secondary

#6C90C6

accent

#84E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7828

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

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