#AE4C22#AE4C22

#AE4C22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.139 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C22
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 34)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 37.65, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 57.03, 48.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1041 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.139 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3308, 14.2857, 3.1999)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C22 #2284AE

analogous

#AE223E #AE4C22 #AE9222

triadic

#AE4C22 #22AE4C #4C22AE

tetradic

#AE4C22 #3EAE22 #2284AE #9222AE

square

#AE4C22 #3EAE22 #2284AE #9222AE

split-complementary

#AE4C22 #22AE92 #223EAE

monochromatic

#481F0E #7B3618 #AE4C22 #D86636 #E28D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE4C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C22

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C22	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)

#685C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.139 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8160',
    500: '#ae4c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c22;
$custom-light: #ce8160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53691,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C22

secondary

#64AAC7

accent

#B6EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C22

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

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