#AE4A20#AE4A20

#AE4A20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.142 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A20
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 38.58, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 58.07, 48.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.1066 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.142 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1672, 14.0032, 3.0072)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A20 #2084AE

analogous

#AE203D #AE4A20 #AE9120

triadic

#AE4A20 #20AE4A #4A20AE

tetradic

#AE4A20 #3DAE20 #2084AE #9120AE

square

#AE4A20 #3DAE20 #2084AE #9120AE

split-complementary

#AE4A20 #20AE91 #203DAE

monochromatic

#471E0D #7A3416 #AE4A20 #D96332 #E38B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#AE4A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A20

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A20	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.142 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f5f',
    500: '#ae4a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a20;
$custom-light: #ce7f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53381,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A20

secondary

#62AAC8

accent

#B8EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A20

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

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