#AE4B27#AE4B27

#AE4B27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.139 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B27
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 39)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 38.34, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 55.54, 46.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% 0.1071 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.139 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3399, 14.1800, 3.5850)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B27 #278AAE

analogous

#AE2747 #AE4B27 #AE8F27

triadic

#AE4B27 #27AE4B #4B27AE

tetradic

#AE4B27 #47AE27 #278AAE #8F27AE

square

#AE4B27 #47AE27 #278AAE #8F27AE

split-complementary

#AE4B27 #27AE8F #2747AE

monochromatic

#4A2011 #7C351C #AE4B27 #D4663E #DF8E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AE4B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#AE4B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B27

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B27	1.00	5.48	3.84	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.139 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8063',
    500: '#ae4b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b27;
$custom-light: #cd8063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53591,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B27

secondary

#6BAEC6

accent

#BAE641

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B27

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

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