#AE4822#AE4822

#AE4822 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.143 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4822
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 34)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 39.63, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 57.81, 46.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1102 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.143 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0638, 13.7516, 3.1109)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4822 #2288AE

analogous

#AE2242 #AE4822 #AE8E22

triadic

#AE4822 #22AE48 #4822AE

tetradic

#AE4822 #42AE22 #2288AE #8E22AE

square

#AE4822 #42AE22 #2288AE #8E22AE

split-complementary

#AE4822 #22AE8E #2242AE

monochromatic

#481E0E #7B3318 #AE4822 #D86236 #E28A69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#AE4822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#AE4822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4822

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4822	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)

#65591D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.143 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7e60',
    500: '#ae4822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4822;
$custom-light: #ce7e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5311,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4822

secondary

#64ADC7

accent

#BBEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4822

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

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