#AE7B38#AE7B38

#AE7B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.105 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7B38
RGB	rgb(174, 123, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 13.10, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 45.39, 73.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.034 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.105 71)
XYZ	xyz(25.2540, 23.4522, 6.9373)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7B38 #386BAE

analogous

#AE4038 #AE7B38 #A6AE38

triadic

#AE7B38 #38AE7B #7B38AE

tetradic

#AE7B38 #38AE40 #386BAE #AE38A6

square

#AE7B38 #38AE40 #386BAE #AE38A6

split-complementary

#AE7B38 #38A6AE #4038AE

monochromatic

#513A1A #805A29 #AE7B38 #CA9959 #D9B688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AE7B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#AE7B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7B38

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7B38	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 123, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.105 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa171',
    500: '#ae7b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7b38;
$custom-light: #caa171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.068,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6215,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.2345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7B38

secondary

#7F9CC3

accent

#8ADB4D

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7B38

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

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