#AE7A27#AE7A27

#AE7A27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7A27
RGB	rgb(174, 122, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 12.79, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 52.31, 75.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.0308 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.115 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7831, 23.0663, 5.0661)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7A27 #275BAE

analogous

#AE3727 #AE7A27 #9FAE27

triadic

#AE7A27 #27AE7A #7A27AE

tetradic

#AE7A27 #27AE37 #275BAE #AE279F

square

#AE7A27 #27AE37 #275BAE #AE279F

split-complementary

#AE7A27 #279FAE #3727AE

monochromatic

#4A3411 #7C571C #AE7A27 #D49A3E #DFB470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#AE7A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#AE7A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7A27

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7A27	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)

#8D7D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 122, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba067',
    500: '#ae7a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7a27;
$custom-light: #cba067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7A27

secondary

#6B8EC6

accent

#81E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7A27

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

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