#AE7C24#AE7C24

#AE7C24 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C24
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 11.55, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 53.63, 77.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0268 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.117 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9834, 23.5434, 4.8973)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C24 #2456AE

analogous

#AE3724 #AE7C24 #9BAE24

triadic

#AE7C24 #24AE7C #7C24AE

tetradic

#AE7C24 #24AE37 #2456AE #AE249B

square

#AE7C24 #24AE37 #2456AE #AE249B

split-complementary

#AE7C24 #249BAE #3724AE

monochromatic

#49340F #7B581A #AE7C24 #D69D39 #E1B66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#AE7C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#AE7C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C24

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C24	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba166',
    500: '#ae7c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c24;
$custom-light: #cba166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62172,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C24

secondary

#678AC7

accent

#7DE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C24

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

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