#AE7840#AE7840

#AE7840 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.099 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7840
RGB	rgb(174, 120, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 15.31, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 41.59, 68.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.0417 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.099 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0991, 22.8038, 7.9292)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7840 #4076AE

analogous

#AE4140 #AE7840 #ADAE40

triadic

#AE7840 #40AE78 #7840AE

tetradic

#AE7840 #40AE41 #4076AE #AE40AD

square

#AE7840 #40AE41 #4076AE #AE40AD

split-complementary

#AE7840 #40ADAE #4140AE

monochromatic

#553A1F #815930 #AE7840 #C69665 #D7B592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#AE7840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#AE7840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7840

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7840	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 120, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.099 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9f77',
    500: '#ae7840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7840;
$custom-light: #ca9f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7840

secondary

#88A4C2

accent

#93D652

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7840

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

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