#AE7E24#AE7E24

#AE7E24 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E24
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 36)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 10.43, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 53.86, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0235 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.117 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2366, 24.0498, 4.9816)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E24 #2454AE

analogous

#AE3924 #AE7E24 #99AE24

triadic

#AE7E24 #24AE7E #7E24AE

tetradic

#AE7E24 #24AE39 #2454AE #AE2499

square

#AE7E24 #24AE39 #2454AE #AE2499

split-complementary

#AE7E24 #2499AE #3924AE

monochromatic

#49350F #7B591A #AE7E24 #D69F39 #E1B86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E24

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E24	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)

#908014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba366',
    500: '#ae7e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e24;
$custom-light: #cba366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6257,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E24

secondary

#6788C7

accent

#7AE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E24

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

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