#AE7B21#AE7B21

#AE7B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.118 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7B21
RGB	rgb(174, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 12.00, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 54.58, 77.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0278 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.118 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8149, 23.2765, 4.6244)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7B21 #2154AE

analogous

#AE3421 #AE7B21 #9AAE21

triadic

#AE7B21 #21AE7B #7B21AE

tetradic

#AE7B21 #21AE34 #2154AE #AE219A

square

#AE7B21 #21AE34 #2154AE #AE219A

split-complementary

#AE7B21 #219AAE #3421AE

monochromatic

#47320D #7B5717 #AE7B21 #D89D34 #E2B667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#AE7B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#AE7B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7B21

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7B21	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.118 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba164',
    500: '#ae7b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7b21;
$custom-light: #cba164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61954,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7B21

secondary

#6387C8

accent

#7CEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7B21

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

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