#AE7E22#AE7E22

#AE7E22 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E22
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 10.35, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 54.57, 79.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0231 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.118 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2069, 24.0379, 4.8253)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E22 #2252AE

analogous

#AE3822 #AE7E22 #98AE22

triadic

#AE7E22 #22AE7E #7E22AE

tetradic

#AE7E22 #22AE38 #2252AE #AE2298

square

#AE7E22 #22AE38 #2252AE #AE2298

split-complementary

#AE7E22 #2298AE #3822AE

monochromatic

#48340E #7B5918 #AE7E22 #D8A036 #E2B869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#AE7E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E22

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E22	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)

#908010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba365',
    500: '#ae7e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e22;
$custom-light: #cba365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62557,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E22

secondary

#6486C7

accent

#79EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E22

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

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