#AE7B28#AE7B28

#AE7B28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7B28
RGB	rgb(174, 123, 40)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 12.27, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 52.03, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0294 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.115 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9233, 23.3199, 5.1956)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7B28 #285BAE

analogous

#AE3828 #AE7B28 #9EAE28

triadic

#AE7B28 #28AE7B #7B28AE

tetradic

#AE7B28 #28AE38 #285BAE #AE289E

square

#AE7B28 #28AE38 #285BAE #AE289E

split-complementary

#AE7B28 #289EAE #3828AE

monochromatic

#4A3511 #7C581D #AE7B28 #D39B40 #DFB572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#AE7B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#AE7B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7B28

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7B28	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)

#8E7D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 123, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba168',
    500: '#ae7b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7b28;
$custom-light: #cba168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62002,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7B28

secondary

#6C8EC6

accent

#80E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7B28

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

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