#AE4A23#AE4A23

#AE4A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.141 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A23
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 38.68, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 57.08, 47.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1075 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.141 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2098, 14.0203, 3.2318)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A23 #2387AE

analogous

#AE2341 #AE4A23 #AE8F23

triadic

#AE4A23 #23AE4A #4A23AE

tetradic

#AE4A23 #41AE23 #2387AE #8F23AE

square

#AE4A23 #41AE23 #2387AE #8F23AE

split-complementary

#AE4A23 #23AE8F #2341AE

monochromatic

#481F0F #7B3419 #AE4A23 #D76437 #E18C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AE4A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A23

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A23	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)

#665B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.141 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f61',
    500: '#ae4a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a23;
$custom-light: #ce7f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.835,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53407,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A23

secondary

#66ACC7

accent

#B9E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A23

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

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