#AE4A25#AE4A25

#AE4A25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.140 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A25
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 37)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 38.76, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 56.42, 46.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.108 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.14 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2404, 14.0325, 3.3926)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A25 #2589AE

analogous

#AE2545 #AE4A25 #AE8F25

triadic

#AE4A25 #25AE4A #4A25AE

tetradic

#AE4A25 #45AE25 #2589AE #8F25AE

square

#AE4A25 #45AE25 #2589AE #8F25AE

split-complementary

#AE4A25 #25AE8F #2545AE

monochromatic

#491F10 #7C351A #AE4A25 #D5653B #E08C6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AE4A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A25

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A25	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.140 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f62',
    500: '#ae4a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a25;
$custom-light: #ce7f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.204,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53426,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A25

secondary

#68ADC6

accent

#BBE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A25

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

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