#AE7C2B#AE7C2B

#AE7C2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C2B
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 11.84, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 50.97, 76.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0285 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.113 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1010, 23.5905, 5.5164)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C2B #2B5DAE

analogous

#AE3A2B #AE7C2B #9FAE2B

triadic

#AE7C2B #2BAE7C #7C2BAE

tetradic

#AE7C2B #2BAE3A #2B5DAE #AE2B9F

square

#AE7C2B #2BAE3A #2B5DAE #AE2B9F

split-complementary

#AE7C2B #2B9FAE #3A2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3613 #7D591F #AE7C2B #D19C45 #DDB676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AE7C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AE7C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C2B

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C2B	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)

#8E7E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba16a',
    500: '#ae7c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c2b;
$custom-light: #cba16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C2B

secondary

#7090C5

accent

#81E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C2B

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

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