#AE7E31#AE7E31

#AE7E31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.110 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E31
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 11.02, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 48.76, 76.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0269 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.11 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4725, 24.1441, 6.2238)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E31 #3161AE

analogous

#AE3F31 #AE7E31 #9FAE31

triadic

#AE7E31 #31AE7E #7E31AE

tetradic

#AE7E31 #31AE3F #3161AE #AE319F

square

#AE7E31 #31AE3F #3161AE #AE319F

split-complementary

#AE7E31 #319FAE #3F31AE

monochromatic

#4E3916 #7E5B24 #AE7E31 #CD9D4F #DBB77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AE7E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#AE7E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E31

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E31	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.110 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa36d',
    500: '#ae7e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e31;
$custom-light: #caa36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.96,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62674,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E31

secondary

#7795C4

accent

#82DF48

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EC

border

#D3CDC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E31

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

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