#AE7F23#AE7F23

#AE7F23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.118 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7F23
RGB	rgb(174, 127, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 9.83, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 54.35, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0217 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.118 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3501, 24.3008, 4.9452)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7F23 #2352AE

analogous

#AE3923 #AE7F23 #97AE23

triadic

#AE7F23 #23AE7F #7F23AE

tetradic

#AE7F23 #23AE39 #2352AE #AE2397

square

#AE7F23 #23AE39 #2352AE #AE2397

split-complementary

#AE7F23 #2397AE #3923AE

monochromatic

#48350F #7B5A19 #AE7F23 #D7A137 #E1B96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE7F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#AE7F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7F23

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7F23	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)

#918012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 127, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.118 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba366',
    500: '#ae7f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7f23;
$custom-light: #cba366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62764,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7F23

secondary

#6687C7

accent

#78E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7F23

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

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