#AE7C2A#AE7C2A

#AE7C2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.114 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C2A
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 11.80, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 51.36, 76.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0283 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.114 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0829, 23.5832, 5.4210)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C2A #2A5CAE

analogous

#AE3A2A #AE7C2A #9EAE2A

triadic

#AE7C2A #2AAE7C #7C2AAE

tetradic

#AE7C2A #2AAE3A #2A5CAE #AE2A9E

square

#AE7C2A #2AAE3A #2A5CAE #AE2A9E

split-complementary

#AE7C2A #2A9EAE #3A2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3612 #7D591E #AE7C2A #D29C43 #DEB675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AE7C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AE7C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C2A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C2A	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.114 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba169',
    500: '#ae7c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c2a;
$custom-light: #cba169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C2A

secondary

#6F8FC5

accent

#80E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C2A

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

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