#AE491F#AE491F

#AE491F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.143 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE491F
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 31)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 39.04, 43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 58.59, 48.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1079 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.143 41)
XYZ	xyz(20.0876, 13.8654, 2.9146)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE491F #1F84AE

analogous

#AE1F3D #AE491F #AE901F

triadic

#AE491F #1FAE49 #491FAE

tetradic

#AE491F #3DAE1F #1F84AE #901FAE

square

#AE491F #3DAE1F #1F84AE #901FAE

split-complementary

#AE491F #1FAE90 #1F3DAE

monochromatic

#461D0C #7A3316 #AE491F #DA6230 #E38964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#AE491F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#AE491F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE491F

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE491F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE491F	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae491f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.143 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f5e',
    500: '#ae491f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae491f;
$custom-light: #ce7f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae491f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.622,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53228,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.13863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE491F

secondary

#60AAC8

accent

#B8ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE491F

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

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