#AE7E40#AE7E40

#AE7E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.099 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E40
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 11.94, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 42.14, 73.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0317 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.099 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8434, 24.2925, 8.1773)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E40 #4070AE

analogous

#AE4740 #AE7E40 #A7AE40

triadic

#AE7E40 #40AE7E #7E40AE

tetradic

#AE7E40 #40AE47 #4070AE #AE40A7

square

#AE7E40 #40AE47 #4070AE #AE40A7

split-complementary

#AE7E40 #40A7AE #4740AE

monochromatic

#553D1F #815E30 #AE7E40 #C69C65 #D7B992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE7E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#AE7E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E40

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E40	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F803A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.099 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa377',
    500: '#ae7e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e40;
$custom-light: #caa377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62837,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E40

secondary

#88A1C2

accent

#8CD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E40

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

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