#AE7A42#AE7A42

#AE7A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.097 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7A42
RGB	rgb(174, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 14.33, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 40.84, 69.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0391 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.097 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4000, 23.3131, 8.3153)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7A42 #4276AE

analogous

#AE4442 #AE7A42 #ACAE42

triadic

#AE7A42 #42AE7A #7A42AE

tetradic

#AE7A42 #42AE44 #4276AE #AE42AC

square

#AE7A42 #42AE44 #4276AE #AE42AC

split-complementary

#AE7A42 #42ACAE #4442AE

monochromatic

#553C20 #825B31 #AE7A42 #C69868 #D6B694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#AE7A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#AE7A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7A42

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7A42	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.097 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa078',
    500: '#ae7a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7a42;
$custom-light: #caa078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62075,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7A42

secondary

#8AA5C2

accent

#92D553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7A42

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

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