#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
RGBrgb(174, 124, 33)
HSLhsl(39, 68%, 41%)
HSVhsv(39, 81%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.7%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(55.61, 11.44, 53.48)
CIE-LCHlch(55.61, 54.69, 77.93°)
OKLaboklab(62.15% 0.0261 0.1156)
OKLCHoklch(62.15% 0.119 77.3)
XYZxyz(24.9395, 23.5259, 4.6660)
Luminance0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AE7C211.003.685.705.70
#FFFFFF3.681.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7021.001.001.00
##0000005.7021.001.001.00

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

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#AE7C21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva