#AE421E#AE421E

#AE421E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.149 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE421E
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 30)
HSL	hsl(15, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 42.37, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 60.34, 45.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.1179 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.149 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6403, 12.9916, 2.7015)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE421E #1E8AAE

analogous

#AE1E42 #AE421E #AE8A1E

triadic

#AE421E #1EAE42 #421EAE

tetradic

#AE421E #42AE1E #1E8AAE #8A1EAE

square

#AE421E #42AE1E #1E8AAE #8A1EAE

split-complementary

#AE421E #1EAE8A #1E42AE

monochromatic

#461A0C #7A2E15 #AE421E #DB592E #E48362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#AE421E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#AE421E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE421E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE421E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE421E	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0263B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae421e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.149 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7b5d',
    500: '#ae421e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae421e;
$custom-light: #ce7b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae421e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5225,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE421E

secondary

#5FAEC9

accent

#C1ED3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE421E

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

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