#AE7C21#AE7C21

#AE7C21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.119 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C21
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 11.44, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 54.69, 77.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0261 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.119 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9395, 23.5259, 4.6660)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C21 #2153AE

analogous

#AE3521 #AE7C21 #9AAE21

triadic

#AE7C21 #21AE7C #7C21AE

tetradic

#AE7C21 #21AE35 #2153AE #AE219A

square

#AE7C21 #21AE35 #2153AE #AE219A

split-complementary

#AE7C21 #219AAE #3521AE

monochromatic

#47330D #7B5717 #AE7C21 #D89E34 #E2B767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#AE7C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#AE7C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C21

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C21	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.119 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba164',
    500: '#ae7c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c21;
$custom-light: #cba164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62152,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C21

secondary

#6387C8

accent

#7BEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C21

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

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