#AE7F2C#AE7F2C

#AE7F2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.113 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7F2C
RGB	rgb(174, 127, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 10.21, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 50.95, 78.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0239 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.113 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5013, 24.3613, 5.7415)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7F2C #2C5BAE

analogous

#AE3E2C #AE7F2C #9CAE2C

triadic

#AE7F2C #2CAE7F #7F2CAE

tetradic

#AE7F2C #2CAE3E #2C5BAE #AE2C9C

square

#AE7F2C #2CAE3E #2C5BAE #AE2C9C

split-complementary

#AE7F2C #2C9CAE #3E2CAE

monochromatic

#4C3813 #7D5B20 #AE7F2C #D09F47 #DDB878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE7F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#AE7F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7F2C

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7F2C	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)

#918120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 127, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.113 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba36b',
    500: '#ae7f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7f2c;
$custom-light: #cba36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6283,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7F2C

secondary

#718FC5

accent

#7EE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7F2C

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

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