#AE782B#AE782B

#AE782B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.113 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE782B
RGB	rgb(174, 120, 43)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 14.09, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 50.57, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.0351 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.113 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6099, 22.6082, 5.3527)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE782B #2B61AE

analogous

#AE362B #AE782B #A3AE2B

triadic

#AE782B #2BAE78 #782BAE

tetradic

#AE782B #2BAE36 #2B61AE #AE2BA3

square

#AE782B #2BAE36 #2B61AE #AE2BA3

split-complementary

#AE782B #2BA3AE #362BAE

monochromatic

#4C3413 #7D561F #AE782B #D19745 #DDB376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#AE782B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#AE782B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE782B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE782B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE782B	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#8B7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae782b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 120, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.113 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e69',
    500: '#ae782b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae782b;
$custom-light: #cb9e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae782b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61437,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE782B

secondary

#7093C5

accent

#86E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE782B

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

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