#AE7C2E#AE7C2E

#AE7C2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.111 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C2E
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 11.99, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 49.76, 76.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0293 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.111 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1581, 23.6133, 5.8170)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C2E #2E60AE

analogous

#AE3C2E #AE7C2E #A0AE2E

triadic

#AE7C2E #2EAE7C #7C2EAE

tetradic

#AE7C2E #2EAE3C #2E60AE #AE2EA0

square

#AE7C2E #2EAE3C #2E60AE #AE2EA0

split-complementary

#AE7C2E #2EA0AE #3C2EAE

monochromatic

#4D3714 #7E5A21 #AE7C2E #CF9B4A #DCB67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AE7C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#AE7C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C2E

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C2E	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)

#8E7E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.111 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba16b',
    500: '#ae7c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c2e;
$custom-light: #cba16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.563,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62249,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C2E

secondary

#7493C4

accent

#83E146

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C2E

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

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