#AE4B28#AE4B28

#AE4B28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.139 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B28
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 40)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, 38.38, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 55.21, 45.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.6% 0.1074 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(53.6% 0.139 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3567, 14.1867, 3.6734)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B28 #288BAE

analogous

#AE2848 #AE4B28 #AE8E28

triadic

#AE4B28 #28AE4B #4B28AE

tetradic

#AE4B28 #48AE28 #288BAE #8E28AE

square

#AE4B28 #48AE28 #288BAE #8E28AE

split-complementary

#AE4B28 #28AE8E #2848AE

monochromatic

#4A2011 #7C361D #AE4B28 #D36640 #DF8E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#AE4B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#AE4B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B28

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B28	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.139 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8064',
    500: '#ae4b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b28;
$custom-light: #cd8064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.672,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53602,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B28

secondary

#6CAEC6

accent

#BBE642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B28

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

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