#AE7D28#AE7D28

#AE7D28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.115 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D28
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 11.15, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 52.25, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0261 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.115 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1739, 23.8212, 5.2792)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D28 #2859AE

analogous

#AE3A28 #AE7D28 #9CAE28

triadic

#AE7D28 #28AE7D #7D28AE

tetradic

#AE7D28 #28AE3A #2859AE #AE289C

square

#AE7D28 #28AE3A #2859AE #AE289C

split-complementary

#AE7D28 #289CAE #3A28AE

monochromatic

#4A3611 #7C591D #AE7D28 #D39D40 #DFB772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#AE7D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#AE7D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D28

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D28	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)

#8F7F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.115 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba268',
    500: '#ae7d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d28;
$custom-light: #cba268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62399,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D28

secondary

#6C8DC6

accent

#7EE642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D28

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

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