#AE7E35#AE7E35

#AE7E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E35
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 11.24, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 47.05, 76.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.0281 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.107 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5607, 24.1794, 6.6883)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E35 #3565AE

analogous

#AE4135 #AE7E35 #A2AE35

triadic

#AE7E35 #35AE7E #7E35AE

tetradic

#AE7E35 #35AE41 #3565AE #AE35A2

square

#AE7E35 #35AE41 #3565AE #AE35A2

split-complementary

#AE7E35 #35A2AE #4135AE

monochromatic

#503A18 #7F5C27 #AE7E35 #CB9C55 #DAB884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AE7E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#AE7E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E35

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E35	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa370',
    500: '#ae7e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e35;
$custom-light: #caa370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62713,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E35

secondary

#7C98C3

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EC

border

#D2CDC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E35

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

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