#AE4A24#AE4A24

#AE4A24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.141 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A24
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 36)
HSL	hsl(17, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 38.72, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 56.75, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1077 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.141 40)
XYZ	xyz(20.2249, 14.0263, 3.3111)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A24 #2488AE

analogous

#AE2443 #AE4A24 #AE8F24

triadic

#AE4A24 #24AE4A #4A24AE

tetradic

#AE4A24 #43AE24 #2488AE #8F24AE

square

#AE4A24 #43AE24 #2488AE #8F24AE

split-complementary

#AE4A24 #24AE8F #2443AE

monochromatic

#491F0F #7B341A #AE4A24 #D66439 #E18C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AE4A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A24

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A24	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)

#665B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.141 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f61',
    500: '#ae4a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a24;
$custom-light: #ce7f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53416,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.14024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A24

secondary

#67ACC7

accent

#BAE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A24

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

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