#AE4A21#AE4A21

#AE4A21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.141 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A21
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 33)
HSL	hsl(17, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 38.61, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 57.74, 48.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1069 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.141 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1810, 14.0088, 3.0798)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A21 #2185AE

analogous

#AE213E #AE4A21 #AE9021

triadic

#AE4A21 #21AE4A #4A21AE

tetradic

#AE4A21 #3EAE21 #2185AE #9021AE

square

#AE4A21 #3EAE21 #2185AE #9021AE

split-complementary

#AE4A21 #21AE90 #213EAE

monochromatic

#471E0D #7B3417 #AE4A21 #D86434 #E28B67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AE4A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A21

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A21	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.141 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f5f',
    500: '#ae4a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a21;
$custom-light: #ce7f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.447,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53389,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A21

secondary

#63AAC8

accent

#B8EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A21

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

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