#AE7D36#AE7D36

#AE7D36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.106 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D36
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 11.86, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 46.49, 75.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0301 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.106 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4567, 23.9343, 6.7683)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D36 #3667AE

analogous

#AE4136 #AE7D36 #A3AE36

triadic

#AE7D36 #36AE7D #7D36AE

tetradic

#AE7D36 #36AE41 #3667AE #AE36A3

square

#AE7D36 #36AE41 #3667AE #AE36A3

split-complementary

#AE7D36 #36A3AE #4136AE

monochromatic

#513A19 #7F5B28 #AE7D36 #CB9B56 #D9B785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#AE7D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#AE7D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D36

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D36	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.106 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa270',
    500: '#ae7d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d36;
$custom-light: #caa270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62524,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D36

secondary

#7D99C3

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D36

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

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