#AE7E1E#AE7E1E

#AE7E1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E1E
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 30)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 10.22, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 55.91, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0223 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.12 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1526, 24.0162, 4.5389)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E1E #1E4EAE

analogous

#AE361E #AE7E1E #96AE1E

triadic

#AE7E1E #1EAE7E #7E1EAE

tetradic

#AE7E1E #1EAE36 #1E4EAE #AE1E96

square

#AE7E1E #1EAE36 #1E4EAE #AE1E96

split-complementary

#AE7E1E #1E96AE #361EAE

monochromatic

#46320C #7A5815 #AE7E1E #DBA12E #E4B962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#AE7E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#AE7E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E1E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E1E	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba363',
    500: '#ae7e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e1e;
$custom-light: #cba363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62533,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E1E

secondary

#5F82C9

accent

#76ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E1E

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

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