#AE7E43#AE7E43

#AE7E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.097 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E43
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 67)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 12.16, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 40.77, 72.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0328 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.097 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9311, 24.3276, 8.6390)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E43 #4373AE

analogous

#AE4943 #AE7E43 #A9AE43

triadic

#AE7E43 #43AE7E #7E43AE

tetradic

#AE7E43 #43AE49 #4373AE #AE43A9

square

#AE7E43 #43AE49 #4373AE #AE43A9

split-complementary

#AE7E43 #43A9AE #4943AE

monochromatic

#563E21 #825E32 #AE7E43 #C59C69 #D6B995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE7E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#AE7E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E43

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E43	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E813D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.097 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a379',
    500: '#ae7e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e43;
$custom-light: #c9a379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.084,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62875,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E43

secondary

#8BA4C2

accent

#8DD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E43

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

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