#AE4521#AE4521

#AE4521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.146 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4521
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(15, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.31, 41.05, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.31, 58.75, 45.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.1144 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.146 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8603, 13.3675, 2.9729)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4521 #218AAE

analogous

#AE2143 #AE4521 #AE8B21

triadic

#AE4521 #21AE45 #4521AE

tetradic

#AE4521 #43AE21 #218AAE #8B21AE

square

#AE4521 #43AE21 #218AAE #8B21AE

split-complementary

#AE4521 #21AE8B #2143AE

monochromatic

#471C0D #7B3117 #AE4521 #D85E34 #E28767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#AE4521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AE4521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4521

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4521	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)

#63581C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.146 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c5f',
    500: '#ae4521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4521;
$custom-light: #ce7c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52682,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4521

secondary

#63AEC8

accent

#BFEB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4521

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

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