#AE7C31#AE7C31

#AE7C31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.109 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7C31
RGB	rgb(174, 124, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 12.14, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 48.51, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.0302 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.109 74)
XYZ	xyz(25.2193, 23.6378, 6.1394)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7C31 #3163AE

analogous

#AE3D31 #AE7C31 #A1AE31

triadic

#AE7C31 #31AE7C #7C31AE

tetradic

#AE7C31 #31AE3D #3163AE #AE31A1

square

#AE7C31 #31AE3D #3163AE #AE31A1

split-complementary

#AE7C31 #31A1AE #3D31AE

monochromatic

#4E3816 #7E5A24 #AE7C31 #CD9B4F #DBB67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#AE7C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#AE7C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7C31

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7C31	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 124, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.109 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa16d',
    500: '#ae7c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7c31;
$custom-light: #caa16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.23636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7C31

secondary

#7796C4

accent

#85DF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7C31

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

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