#AE7D23#AE7D23

#AE7D23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D23
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 10.95, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 54.10, 78.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0249 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.118 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0943, 23.7893, 4.8599)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D23 #2354AE

analogous

#AE3723 #AE7D23 #99AE23

triadic

#AE7D23 #23AE7D #7D23AE

tetradic

#AE7D23 #23AE37 #2354AE #AE2399

square

#AE7D23 #23AE37 #2354AE #AE2399

split-complementary

#AE7D23 #2399AE #3723AE

monochromatic

#48340F #7B5819 #AE7D23 #D79F37 #E1B76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#AE7D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#AE7D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D23

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D23	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)

#907F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba265',
    500: '#ae7d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d23;
$custom-light: #cba265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.849,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D23

secondary

#6688C7

accent

#7BE93E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D23

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

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