#AE7E21#AE7E21

#AE7E21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.119 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E21
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 10.32, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 54.92, 79.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.0229 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.119 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1927, 24.0322, 4.7504)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E21 #2151AE

analogous

#AE3721 #AE7E21 #98AE21

triadic

#AE7E21 #21AE7E #7E21AE

tetradic

#AE7E21 #21AE37 #2151AE #AE2198

square

#AE7E21 #21AE37 #2151AE #AE2198

split-complementary

#AE7E21 #2198AE #3721AE

monochromatic

#47330D #7B5917 #AE7E21 #D8A034 #E2B867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#AE7E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E21

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E21	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#907F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.119 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba365',
    500: '#ae7e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e21;
$custom-light: #cba365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62551,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E21

secondary

#6385C8

accent

#78EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E21

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

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