#AE7C2C#AE7C2C

#AE7C2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C2C
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 11.89, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 50.57, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.0288 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.113 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1196, 23.5979, 5.6142)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C2C #2C5EAE

analogous

#AE3B2C #AE7C2C #9FAE2C

triadic

#AE7C2C #2CAE7C #7C2CAE

tetradic

#AE7C2C #2CAE3B #2C5EAE #AE2C9F

square

#AE7C2C #2CAE3B #2C5EAE #AE2C9F

split-complementary

#AE7C2C #2C9FAE #3B2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3613 #7D5920 #AE7C2C #D09B47 #DDB678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AE7C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AE7C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C2C

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C2C	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)

#8E7E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba16a',
    500: '#ae7c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c2c;
$custom-light: #cba16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62232,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C2C

secondary

#7191C5

accent

#82E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C2C

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

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