#AE7E28#AE7E28

#AE7E28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E28
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 10.59, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 52.38, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0245 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.115 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3012, 24.0756, 5.3216)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E28 #2858AE

analogous

#AE3B28 #AE7E28 #9BAE28

triadic

#AE7E28 #28AE7E #7E28AE

tetradic

#AE7E28 #28AE3B #2858AE #AE289B

square

#AE7E28 #28AE3B #2858AE #AE289B

split-complementary

#AE7E28 #289BAE #3B28AE

monochromatic

#4A3611 #7C5A1D #AE7E28 #D39E40 #DFB872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AE7E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E28

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E28	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)

#90801A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba368',
    500: '#ae7e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e28;
$custom-light: #cba368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62599,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E28

secondary

#6C8CC6

accent

#7DE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E28

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

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