#AE4A27#AE4A27

#AE4A27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.140 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A27
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 39)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 38.84, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 55.75, 45.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.1086 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.14 39)
XYZ	xyz(20.2726, 14.0454, 3.5626)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A27 #278BAE

analogous

#AE2747 #AE4A27 #AE8E27

triadic

#AE4A27 #27AE4A #4A27AE

tetradic

#AE4A27 #47AE27 #278BAE #8E27AE

square

#AE4A27 #47AE27 #278BAE #8E27AE

split-complementary

#AE4A27 #27AE8E #2747AE

monochromatic

#4A1F11 #7C351C #AE4A27 #D4653E #DF8D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE4A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A27

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A27	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.140 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8063',
    500: '#ae4a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a27;
$custom-light: #cd8063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53446,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.14043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A27

secondary

#6BAEC6

accent

#BCE641

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A27

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

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