#AE4C21#AE4C21

#AE4C21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.140 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C21
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 33)
HSL	hsl(18, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 37.61, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 57.36, 49.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1039 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.14 42)
XYZ	xyz(20.3166, 14.2801, 3.1250)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C21 #2183AE

analogous

#AE213C #AE4C21 #AE9221

triadic

#AE4C21 #21AE4C #4C21AE

tetradic

#AE4C21 #3CAE21 #2183AE #9221AE

square

#AE4C21 #3CAE21 #2183AE #9221AE

split-complementary

#AE4C21 #21AE92 #213CAE

monochromatic

#471F0D #7B3617 #AE4C21 #D86634 #E28D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE4C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C21

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C21	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.140 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8160',
    500: '#ae4c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c21;
$custom-light: #ce8160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.298,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53683,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.14277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C21

secondary

#63A9C8

accent

#B6EB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFE9

border

#D4CAC5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C21

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

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