#AE4522#AE4522

#AE4522 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.146 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4522
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 34)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, 41.08, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 58.43, 45.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1146 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.146 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8746, 13.3732, 3.0478)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4522 #228BAE

analogous

#AE2245 #AE4522 #AE8B22

triadic

#AE4522 #22AE45 #4522AE

tetradic

#AE4522 #45AE22 #228BAE #8B22AE

square

#AE4522 #45AE22 #228BAE #8B22AE

split-complementary

#AE4522 #22AE8B #2245AE

monochromatic

#481C0E #7B3118 #AE4522 #D85E36 #E28769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#AE4522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AE4522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4522

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4522	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)

#63581D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.146 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c60',
    500: '#ae4522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4522;
$custom-light: #ce7c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52691,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4522

secondary

#64AFC7

accent

#BFEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4522

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

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