#AE7D42#AE7D42

#AE7D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.097 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7D42
RGB	rgb(174, 125, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 12.64, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 41.11, 72.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0341 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.097 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7741, 24.0612, 8.4400)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7D42 #4273AE

analogous

#AE4742 #AE7D42 #A9AE42

triadic

#AE7D42 #42AE7D #7D42AE

tetradic

#AE7D42 #42AE47 #4273AE #AE42A9

square

#AE7D42 #42AE47 #4273AE #AE42A9

split-complementary

#AE7D42 #42A9AE #4742AE

monochromatic

#553D20 #825D31 #AE7D42 #C69B68 #D6B894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7D42

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7D42	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 125, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.097 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa278',
    500: '#ae7d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7d42;
$custom-light: #caa278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62664,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7D42

secondary

#8AA3C2

accent

#8ED553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7D42

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

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