#AE7938#AE7938

#AE7938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.105 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7938
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 14.22, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 45.20, 71.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% 0.0373 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.105 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0084, 22.9610, 6.8554)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7938 #386DAE

analogous

#AE3E38 #AE7938 #A8AE38

triadic

#AE7938 #38AE79 #7938AE

tetradic

#AE7938 #38AE3E #386DAE #AE38A8

square

#AE7938 #38AE3E #386DAE #AE38A8

split-complementary

#AE7938 #38A8AE #3E38AE

monochromatic

#51391A #805929 #AE7938 #CA9759 #D9B488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#AE7938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#AE7938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7938

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7938	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)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.105 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9f71',
    500: '#ae7938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7938;
$custom-light: #ca9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.051,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61758,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7938

secondary

#7F9DC3

accent

#8DDB4D

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7938

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

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