#AE7D27#AE7D27

#AE7D27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D27
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 11.11, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 52.63, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.0259 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.116 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1572, 23.8144, 5.1907)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D27 #2758AE

analogous

#AE3A27 #AE7D27 #9CAE27

triadic

#AE7D27 #27AE7D #7D27AE

tetradic

#AE7D27 #27AE3A #2758AE #AE279C

square

#AE7D27 #27AE3A #2758AE #AE279C

split-complementary

#AE7D27 #279CAE #3A27AE

monochromatic

#4A3511 #7C591C #AE7D27 #D49E3E #DFB770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#AE7D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#AE7D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D27

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D27	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#8F7F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba268',
    500: '#ae7d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d27;
$custom-light: #cba268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62392,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D27

secondary

#6B8CC6

accent

#7DE641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D27

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

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