#AE7A21#AE7A21

#AE7A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.118 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7A21
RGB	rgb(174, 122, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 12.56, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 54.49, 76.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% 0.0294 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.118 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6914, 23.0297, 4.5833)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7A21 #2155AE

analogous

#AE3321 #AE7A21 #9BAE21

triadic

#AE7A21 #21AE7A #7A21AE

tetradic

#AE7A21 #21AE33 #2155AE #AE219B

square

#AE7A21 #21AE33 #2155AE #AE219B

split-complementary

#AE7A21 #219BAE #3321AE

monochromatic

#47320D #7B5617 #AE7A21 #D89C34 #E2B567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#AE7A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#AE7A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7A21

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7A21	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#8D7C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 122, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.118 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba064',
    500: '#ae7a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7a21;
$custom-light: #cba064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61756,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7A21

secondary

#6388C8

accent

#7DEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7A21

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

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