#AE7942#AE7942

#AE7942 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.098 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7942
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 14.89, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 40.76, 68.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.0408 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.098 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2779, 23.0688, 8.2746)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7942 #4277AE

analogous

#AE4342 #AE7942 #ADAE42

triadic

#AE7942 #42AE79 #7942AE

tetradic

#AE7942 #42AE43 #4277AE #AE42AD

square

#AE7942 #42AE43 #4277AE #AE42AD

split-complementary

#AE7942 #42ADAE #4342AE

monochromatic

#553B20 #825A31 #AE7942 #C69768 #D6B694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#AE7942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#AE7942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7942

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7942	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)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.098 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9f78',
    500: '#ae7942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7942;
$custom-light: #ca9f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7942

secondary

#8AA5C2

accent

#93D553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7942

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

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