#AE4A28#AE4A28

#AE4A28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.140 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A28
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 40)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 38.88, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 55.41, 45.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1089 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.14 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2894, 14.0521, 3.6510)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A28 #288CAE

analogous

#AE2849 #AE4A28 #AE8D28

triadic

#AE4A28 #28AE4A #4A28AE

tetradic

#AE4A28 #49AE28 #288CAE #8D28AE

square

#AE4A28 #49AE28 #288CAE #8D28AE

split-complementary

#AE4A28 #28AE8D #2849AE

monochromatic

#4A2011 #7C351D #AE4A28 #D36540 #DF8D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE4A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A28

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A28	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)

#665B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.140 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8064',
    500: '#ae4a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a28;
$custom-light: #cd8064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53456,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A28

secondary

#6CAFC6

accent

#BCE642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A28

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

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