#AE4B23#AE4B23

#AE4B23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.140 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B23
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 35)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 38.18, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 56.88, 47.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1059 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.14 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2771, 14.1549, 3.2542)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B23 #2386AE

analogous

#AE2340 #AE4B23 #AE9023

triadic

#AE4B23 #23AE4B #4B23AE

tetradic

#AE4B23 #40AE23 #2386AE #9023AE

square

#AE4B23 #40AE23 #2386AE #9023AE

split-complementary

#AE4B23 #23AE90 #2340AE

monochromatic

#481F0F #7B3519 #AE4B23 #D76537 #E18C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AE4B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AE4B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B23

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B23	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.140 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8061',
    500: '#ae4b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b23;
$custom-light: #ce8061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.266,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53553,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B23

secondary

#66ABC7

accent

#B8E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B23

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

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