#AE7C28#AE7C28

#AE7C28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C28
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 11.71, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 52.14, 77.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0278 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.115 76)
XYZ	xyz(25.0480, 23.5692, 5.2372)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C28 #285AAE

analogous

#AE3928 #AE7C28 #9DAE28

triadic

#AE7C28 #28AE7C #7C28AE

tetradic

#AE7C28 #28AE39 #285AAE #AE289D

square

#AE7C28 #28AE39 #285AAE #AE289D

split-complementary

#AE7C28 #289DAE #3928AE

monochromatic

#4A3511 #7C591D #AE7C28 #D39C40 #DFB672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#AE7C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#AE7C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C28

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C28	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)

#8E7E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba168',
    500: '#ae7c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c28;
$custom-light: #cba168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.622,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.23567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C28

secondary

#6C8EC6

accent

#7FE642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C28

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

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