#AE7D2A#AE7D2A

#AE7D2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D2A
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 11.24, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 51.48, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0266 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.114 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2088, 23.8351, 5.4630)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D2A #2A5BAE

analogous

#AE3B2A #AE7D2A #9DAE2A

triadic

#AE7D2A #2AAE7D #7D2AAE

tetradic

#AE7D2A #2AAE3B #2A5BAE #AE2A9D

square

#AE7D2A #2AAE3B #2A5BAE #AE2A9D

split-complementary

#AE7D2A #2A9DAE #3B2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3612 #7D5A1E #AE7D2A #D29D43 #DEB775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#AE7D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#AE7D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D2A

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D2A	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba269',
    500: '#ae7d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d2a;
$custom-light: #cba269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62415,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D2A

secondary

#6F8FC5

accent

#7FE444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D2A

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

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