#AE7B23#AE7B23

#AE7B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7B23
RGB	rgb(174, 123, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 12.07, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 53.88, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.0282 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.117 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8437, 23.2880, 4.7764)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7B23 #2356AE

analogous

#AE3623 #AE7B23 #9BAE23

triadic

#AE7B23 #23AE7B #7B23AE

tetradic

#AE7B23 #23AE36 #2356AE #AE239B

square

#AE7B23 #23AE36 #2356AE #AE239B

split-complementary

#AE7B23 #239BAE #3623AE

monochromatic

#48330F #7B5719 #AE7B23 #D79C37 #E1B66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#AE7B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#AE7B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7B23

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7B23	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)

#8E7D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 123, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba165',
    500: '#ae7b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7b23;
$custom-light: #cba165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61966,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7B23

secondary

#6689C7

accent

#7DE93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7B23

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

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