#AE4820#AE4820

#AE4820 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.144 H 40.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4820
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 32)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(17, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 39.56, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 58.46, 47.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1097 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.144 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0358, 13.7404, 2.9633)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4820 #2086AE

analogous

#AE203F #AE4820 #AE8F20

triadic

#AE4820 #20AE48 #4820AE

tetradic

#AE4820 #3FAE20 #2086AE #8F20AE

square

#AE4820 #3FAE20 #2086AE #8F20AE

split-complementary

#AE4820 #20AE8F #203FAE

monochromatic

#471D0D #7A3316 #AE4820 #D96132 #E38966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#AE4820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#AE4820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4820

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4820	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65591A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.144 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7e5f',
    500: '#ae4820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4820;
$custom-light: #ce7e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.901,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53093,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4820

secondary

#62ABC8

accent

#BAEC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4820

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

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