#AE7F28#AE7F28

#AE7F28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7F28
RGB	rgb(174, 127, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 10.03, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 52.51, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0229 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.115 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4297, 24.3326, 5.3644)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7F28 #2857AE

analogous

#AE3C28 #AE7F28 #9AAE28

triadic

#AE7F28 #28AE7F #7F28AE

tetradic

#AE7F28 #28AE3C #2857AE #AE289A

square

#AE7F28 #28AE3C #2857AE #AE289A

split-complementary

#AE7F28 #289AAE #3C28AE

monochromatic

#4A3611 #7C5B1D #AE7F28 #D3A040 #DFB872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE7F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#AE7F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7F28

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7F28	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)

#91801A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 127, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba368',
    500: '#ae7f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7f28;
$custom-light: #cba368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62799,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7F28

secondary

#6C8CC6

accent

#7BE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7F28

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

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