#AE7E38#AE7E38

#AE7E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.105 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E38
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 11.42, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 45.73, 75.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0291 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.105 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6319, 24.2079, 7.0632)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E38 #3868AE

analogous

#AE4338 #AE7E38 #A3AE38

triadic

#AE7E38 #38AE7E #7E38AE

tetradic

#AE7E38 #38AE43 #3868AE #AE38A3

square

#AE7E38 #38AE43 #3868AE #AE38A3

split-complementary

#AE7E38 #38A3AE #4338AE

monochromatic

#513B1A #805C29 #AE7E38 #CA9C59 #D9B888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AE7E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#AE7E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E38

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E38	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)

#8F8030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.105 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa372',
    500: '#ae7e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e38;
$custom-light: #caa372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62744,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E38

secondary

#7F9BC3

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E38

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

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