#AE7937#AE7937

#AE7937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.105 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7937
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 14.16, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 45.64, 71.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.037 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.105 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9842, 22.9513, 6.7279)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7937 #376CAE

analogous

#AE3D37 #AE7937 #A8AE37

triadic

#AE7937 #37AE79 #7937AE

tetradic

#AE7937 #37AE3D #376CAE #AE37A8

square

#AE7937 #37AE3D #376CAE #AE37A8

split-complementary

#AE7937 #37A8AE #3D37AE

monochromatic

#51381A #7F5928 #AE7937 #CA9758 #D9B486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#AE7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#AE7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7937

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7937	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.105 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9f71',
    500: '#ae7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7937;
$custom-light: #ca9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.277,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61747,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7937

secondary

#7E9DC3

accent

#8CDB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7937

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

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