#AE4C23#AE4C23

#AE4C23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.139 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C23
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 35)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 37.68, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 56.69, 48.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1044 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.139 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3455, 14.2916, 3.2770)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C23 #2385AE

analogous

#AE233F #AE4C23 #AE9123

triadic

#AE4C23 #23AE4C #4C23AE

tetradic

#AE4C23 #3FAE23 #2385AE #9123AE

square

#AE4C23 #3FAE23 #2385AE #9123AE

split-complementary

#AE4C23 #23AE91 #233FAE

monochromatic

#481F0F #7B3619 #AE4C23 #D76637 #E18D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#AE4C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C23

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C23	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.139 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8161',
    500: '#ae4c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c23;
$custom-light: #ce8161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.537,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C23

secondary

#66AAC7

accent

#B7E93E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C23

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

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