#AE7B2C#AE7B2C

#AE7B2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.112 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7B2C
RGB	rgb(174, 123, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 12.45, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 50.46, 75.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0304 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.112 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9949, 23.3485, 5.5727)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7B2C #2C5FAE

analogous

#AE3A2C #AE7B2C #A0AE2C

triadic

#AE7B2C #2CAE7B #7B2CAE

tetradic

#AE7B2C #2CAE3A #2C5FAE #AE2CA0

square

#AE7B2C #2CAE3A #2C5FAE #AE2CA0

split-complementary

#AE7B2C #2CA0AE #3A2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3613 #7D5820 #AE7B2C #D09A47 #DDB578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#AE7B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#AE7B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7B2C

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7B2C	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 123, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.112 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba16a',
    500: '#ae7b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7b2c;
$custom-light: #cba16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.462,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62034,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7B2C

secondary

#7192C5

accent

#83E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7B2C

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

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