#AE7D21#AE7D21

#AE7D21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D21
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 10.88, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 54.80, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0245 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.119 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0655, 23.7778, 4.7080)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D21 #2152AE

analogous

#AE3621 #AE7D21 #98AE21

triadic

#AE7D21 #21AE7D #7D21AE

tetradic

#AE7D21 #21AE36 #2152AE #AE2198

square

#AE7D21 #21AE36 #2152AE #AE2198

split-complementary

#AE7D21 #2198AE #3621AE

monochromatic

#47330D #7B5817 #AE7D21 #D89F34 #E2B767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#AE7D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#AE7D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D21

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D21	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba264',
    500: '#ae7d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d21;
$custom-light: #cba264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62351,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D21

secondary

#6386C8

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D21

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

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