#AE7E29#AE7E29

#AE7E29 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E29
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 41)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 10.63, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 51.99, 78.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.0247 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.115 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3184, 24.0825, 5.4123)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E29 #2959AE

analogous

#AE3C29 #AE7E29 #9BAE29

triadic

#AE7E29 #29AE7E #7E29AE

tetradic

#AE7E29 #29AE3C #2959AE #AE299B

square

#AE7E29 #29AE3C #2959AE #AE299B

split-complementary

#AE7E29 #299BAE #3C29AE

monochromatic

#4B3612 #7C5A1D #AE7E29 #D29E42 #DEB873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AE7E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E29

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E29	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90801C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba369',
    500: '#ae7e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e29;
$custom-light: #cba369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62606,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E29

secondary

#6D8DC5

accent

#7DE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E29

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

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