#AE4823#AE4823

#AE4823 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.143 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4823
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 35)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 39.67, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 57.48, 46.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.1105 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.143 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0784, 13.7575, 3.1880)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4823 #2389AE

analogous

#AE2343 #AE4823 #AE8D23

triadic

#AE4823 #23AE48 #4823AE

tetradic

#AE4823 #43AE23 #2389AE #8D23AE

square

#AE4823 #43AE23 #2389AE #8D23AE

split-complementary

#AE4823 #23AE8D #2343AE

monochromatic

#481E0F #7B3319 #AE4823 #D76237 #E18A6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#AE4823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#AE4823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4823

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4823	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)

#655A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.143 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7e61',
    500: '#ae4823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4823;
$custom-light: #ce7e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5312,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4823

secondary

#66ADC7

accent

#BCE93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4823

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

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