#AE7E26#AE7E26

#AE7E26 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E26
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 38)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 10.51, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 53.13, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.024 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.116 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2680, 24.0624, 5.1470)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E26 #2656AE

analogous

#AE3A26 #AE7E26 #9AAE26

triadic

#AE7E26 #26AE7E #7E26AE

tetradic

#AE7E26 #26AE3A #2656AE #AE269A

square

#AE7E26 #26AE3A #2656AE #AE269A

split-complementary

#AE7E26 #269AAE #3A26AE

monochromatic

#4A3510 #7C5A1B #AE7E26 #D59F3D #E0B86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E26

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E26	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)

#908017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba367',
    500: '#ae7e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e26;
$custom-light: #cba367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62584,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E26

secondary

#6A8AC6

accent

#7BE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E26

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

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