#AE7C27#AE7C27

#AE7C27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C27
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 11.67, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 52.52, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0275 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.115 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0312, 23.5625, 5.1488)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C27 #2759AE

analogous

#AE3927 #AE7C27 #9DAE27

triadic

#AE7C27 #27AE7C #7C27AE

tetradic

#AE7C27 #27AE39 #2759AE #AE279D

square

#AE7C27 #27AE39 #2759AE #AE279D

split-complementary

#AE7C27 #279DAE #3927AE

monochromatic

#4A3511 #7C581C #AE7C27 #D49C3E #DFB670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#AE7C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#AE7C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C27

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C27	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)

#8E7E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba167',
    500: '#ae7c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c27;
$custom-light: #cba167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62193,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C27

secondary

#6B8DC6

accent

#7FE641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C27

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

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