#AE7E2D#AE7E2D

#AE7E2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.112 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E2D
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 10.82, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 50.41, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.0258 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.112 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3918, 24.1119, 5.7988)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E2D #2D5DAE

analogous

#AE3D2D #AE7E2D #9EAE2D

triadic

#AE7E2D #2DAE7E #7E2DAE

tetradic

#AE7E2D #2DAE3D #2D5DAE #AE2D9E

square

#AE7E2D #2DAE3D #2D5DAE #AE2D9E

split-complementary

#AE7E2D #2D9EAE #3D2DAE

monochromatic

#4D3814 #7D5B20 #AE7E2D #D09D48 #DCB779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AE7E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E2D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E2D	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)

#908022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.112 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba36b',
    500: '#ae7e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e2d;
$custom-light: #cba36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.674,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62639,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E2D

secondary

#7291C4

accent

#80E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E2D

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

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