#AE7940#AE7940

#AE7940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.099 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7940
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 14.75, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 41.66, 69.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.0401 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.099 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2200, 23.0456, 7.9695)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7940 #4075AE

analogous

#AE4240 #AE7940 #ACAE40

triadic

#AE7940 #40AE79 #7940AE

tetradic

#AE7940 #40AE42 #4075AE #AE40AC

square

#AE7940 #40AE42 #4075AE #AE40AC

split-complementary

#AE7940 #40ACAE #4240AE

monochromatic

#553B1F #815A30 #AE7940 #C69765 #D7B592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#AE7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#AE7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7940

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7940	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.099 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9f77',
    500: '#ae7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7940;
$custom-light: #ca9f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61854,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7940

secondary

#88A4C2

accent

#92D652

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7940

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

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