#AE4C20#AE4C20

#AE4C20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.140 H 42.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C20
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 32)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(19, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 37.58, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 57.69, 49.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.1036 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.14 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3028, 14.2745, 3.0524)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C20 #2082AE

analogous

#AE203B #AE4C20 #AE9320

triadic

#AE4C20 #20AE4C #4C20AE

tetradic

#AE4C20 #3BAE20 #2082AE #9320AE

square

#AE4C20 #3BAE20 #2082AE #9320AE

split-complementary

#AE4C20 #20AE93 #203BAE

monochromatic

#471F0D #7A3516 #AE4C20 #D96632 #E38C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE4C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#AE4C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C20

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C20	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.140 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce815f',
    500: '#ae4c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c20;
$custom-light: #ce815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.592,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53674,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C20

secondary

#62A8C8

accent

#B5EC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFE9

border

#D4CAC5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C20

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

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