#AE7E44#AE7E44

#AE7E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.096 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E44
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 68)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 12.23, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 40.31, 72.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.0332 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.096 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9613, 24.3397, 8.7984)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E44 #4474AE

analogous

#AE4944 #AE7E44 #A9AE44

triadic

#AE7E44 #44AE7E #7E44AE

tetradic

#AE7E44 #44AE49 #4474AE #AE44A9

square

#AE7E44 #44AE49 #4474AE #AE44A9

split-complementary

#AE7E44 #44A9AE #4944AE

monochromatic

#563E22 #825E33 #AE7E44 #C59C6A #D6B996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE7E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#AE7E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E44

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E44	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)

#8E813F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.096 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a37a',
    500: '#ae7e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e44;
$custom-light: #c9a37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.83,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62888,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E44

secondary

#8CA4C2

accent

#8ED454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E44

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

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