#AE7E2C#AE7E2C

#AE7E2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.113 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E2C
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 10.77, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 50.81, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0255 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.113 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3728, 24.1043, 5.6986)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E2C #2C5CAE

analogous

#AE3D2C #AE7E2C #9DAE2C

triadic

#AE7E2C #2CAE7E #7E2CAE

tetradic

#AE7E2C #2CAE3D #2C5CAE #AE2C9D

square

#AE7E2C #2CAE3D #2C5CAE #AE2C9D

split-complementary

#AE7E2C #2C9DAE #3D2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3713 #7D5B20 #AE7E2C #D09E47 #DDB778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AE7E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E2C

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E2C	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)

#908020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.113 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba36a',
    500: '#ae7e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e2c;
$custom-light: #cba36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6263,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E2C

secondary

#7190C5

accent

#7FE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E2C

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

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