#AE7D2C#AE7D2C

#AE7D2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.113 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D2C
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 11.33, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 50.69, 77.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0272 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.113 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2455, 23.8498, 5.6562)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D2C #2C5DAE

analogous

#AE3C2C #AE7D2C #9EAE2C

triadic

#AE7D2C #2CAE7D #7D2CAE

tetradic

#AE7D2C #2CAE3C #2C5DAE #AE2C9E

square

#AE7D2C #2CAE3C #2C5DAE #AE2C9E

split-complementary

#AE7D2C #2C9EAE #3C2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3713 #7D5A20 #AE7D2C #D09D47 #DDB778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#AE7D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#AE7D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D2C

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D2C	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)

#8F7F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.113 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba26a',
    500: '#ae7d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d2c;
$custom-light: #cba26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62431,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D2C

secondary

#7191C5

accent

#80E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D2C

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

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