#AE4A22#AE4A22

#AE4A22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.141 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A22
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 34)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 38.65, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 57.41, 47.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.1072 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.141 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1952, 14.0144, 3.1547)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A22 #2286AE

analogous

#AE2240 #AE4A22 #AE9022

triadic

#AE4A22 #22AE4A #4A22AE

tetradic

#AE4A22 #40AE22 #2286AE #9022AE

square

#AE4A22 #40AE22 #2286AE #9022AE

split-complementary

#AE4A22 #22AE90 #2240AE

monochromatic

#481E0E #7B3418 #AE4A22 #D86436 #E28B69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AE4A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A22

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A22	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)

#665B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.141 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f60',
    500: '#ae4a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a22;
$custom-light: #ce7f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53398,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A22

secondary

#64ABC7

accent

#B9EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A22

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

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