#AE4826#AE4826

#AE4826 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.142 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4826
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 38)
HSL	hsl(15, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 39.78, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 56.49, 45.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1114 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.142 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1249, 13.7761, 3.4327)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4826 #268CAE

analogous

#AE2648 #AE4826 #AE8C26

triadic

#AE4826 #26AE48 #4826AE

tetradic

#AE4826 #48AE26 #268CAE #8C26AE

square

#AE4826 #48AE26 #268CAE #8C26AE

split-complementary

#AE4826 #26AE8C #2648AE

monochromatic

#4A1E10 #7C331B #AE4826 #D5633D #E08B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#AE4826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#AE4826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4826

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4826	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.142 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7e62',
    500: '#ae4826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4826;
$custom-light: #ce7e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53149,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4826

secondary

#6AAFC6

accent

#BEE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4826

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

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