#AE4520#AE4520

#AE4520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.146 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4520
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 32)
HSL	hsl(16, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(16, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, 41.01, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 59.07, 46.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.1141 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.146 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8465, 13.3620, 2.9003)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4520 #2089AE

analogous

#AE2042 #AE4520 #AE8C20

triadic

#AE4520 #20AE45 #4520AE

tetradic

#AE4520 #42AE20 #2089AE #8C20AE

square

#AE4520 #42AE20 #2089AE #8C20AE

split-complementary

#AE4520 #20AE8C #2042AE

monochromatic

#471C0D #7A3116 #AE4520 #D95E32 #E38666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#AE4520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AE4520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4520

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4520	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.146 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c5e',
    500: '#ae4520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4520;
$custom-light: #ce7c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.634,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52673,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4520

secondary

#62ADC8

accent

#BEEC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4520

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

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