#AE7927#AE7927

#AE7927 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.115 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7927
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 39)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 13.35, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 52.22, 75.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.0324 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.115 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6609, 22.8220, 5.0253)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7927 #275CAE

analogous

#AE3527 #AE7927 #A0AE27

triadic

#AE7927 #27AE79 #7927AE

tetradic

#AE7927 #27AE35 #275CAE #AE27A0

square

#AE7927 #27AE35 #275CAE #AE27A0

split-complementary

#AE7927 #27A0AE #3527AE

monochromatic

#4A3311 #7C561C #AE7927 #D4993E #DFB470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#AE7927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#AE7927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7927

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7927	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#8C7C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.115 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9f67',
    500: '#ae7927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7927;
$custom-light: #cb9f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61601,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7927

secondary

#6B8FC6

accent

#82E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7927

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

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