#AE7E2A#AE7E2A

#AE7E2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.114 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E2A
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 10.68, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 51.60, 78.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.025 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.114 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3361, 24.0896, 5.5054)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E2A #2A5AAE

analogous

#AE3C2A #AE7E2A #9CAE2A

triadic

#AE7E2A #2AAE7E #7E2AAE

tetradic

#AE7E2A #2AAE3C #2A5AAE #AE2A9C

square

#AE7E2A #2AAE3C #2A5AAE #AE2A9C

split-complementary

#AE7E2A #2A9CAE #3C2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3712 #7D5A1E #AE7E2A #D29E43 #DEB875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AE7E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E2A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E2A	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)

#90801E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.114 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba369',
    500: '#ae7e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e2a;
$custom-light: #cba369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62614,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E2A

secondary

#6F8EC5

accent

#7EE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E2A

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

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