#AE7E34#AE7E34

#AE7E34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.108 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E34
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 11.18, 46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 47.48, 76.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0278 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.108 75)
XYZ	xyz(25.5379, 24.1703, 6.5685)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E34 #3464AE

analogous

#AE4134 #AE7E34 #A1AE34

triadic

#AE7E34 #34AE7E #7E34AE

tetradic

#AE7E34 #34AE41 #3464AE #AE34A1

square

#AE7E34 #34AE41 #3464AE #AE34A1

split-complementary

#AE7E34 #34A1AE #4134AE

monochromatic

#503A18 #7F5C26 #AE7E34 #CC9C53 #DAB783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AE7E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#AE7E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E34

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E34	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)

#90802B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.108 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa36f',
    500: '#ae7e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e34;
$custom-light: #caa36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62703,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.24168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E34

secondary

#7B97C3

accent

#84DD4A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EC

border

#D3CDC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E34

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

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