#AE4B26#AE4B26

#AE4B26 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.139 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B26
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 38)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 38.30, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 55.88, 46.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.1068 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.139 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3236, 14.1735, 3.4989)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B26 #2689AE

analogous

#AE2645 #AE4B26 #AE8F26

triadic

#AE4B26 #26AE4B #4B26AE

tetradic

#AE4B26 #45AE26 #2689AE #8F26AE

square

#AE4B26 #45AE26 #2689AE #8F26AE

split-complementary

#AE4B26 #26AE8F #2645AE

monochromatic

#4A2010 #7C351B #AE4B26 #D5663D #E08E6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AE4B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AE4B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B26

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B26	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)

#675B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.139 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8063',
    500: '#ae4b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b26;
$custom-light: #cd8063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.324,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53581,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B26

secondary

#6AADC6

accent

#BAE741

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B26

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

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