#AE4B21#AE4B21

#AE4B21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.141 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B21
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 33)
HSL	hsl(18, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 38.11, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 57.55, 48.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.1054 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.141 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2483, 14.1433, 3.1022)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B21 #2184AE

analogous

#AE213E #AE4B21 #AE9121

triadic

#AE4B21 #21AE4B #4B21AE

tetradic

#AE4B21 #3EAE21 #2184AE #9121AE

square

#AE4B21 #3EAE21 #2184AE #9121AE

split-complementary

#AE4B21 #21AE91 #213EAE

monochromatic

#471F0D #7B3517 #AE4B21 #D86534 #E28C67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#AE4B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AE4B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B21

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B21	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.141 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8060',
    500: '#ae4b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b21;
$custom-light: #ce8060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.872,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53535,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B21

secondary

#63AAC8

accent

#B7EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B21

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

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