#AE4C24#AE4C24

#AE4C24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.139 H 41.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C24
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 36)
HSL	hsl(17, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 37.72, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 56.36, 47.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1047 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.139 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3605, 14.2976, 3.3563)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C24 #2486AE

analogous

#AE2441 #AE4C24 #AE9124

triadic

#AE4C24 #24AE4C #4C24AE

tetradic

#AE4C24 #41AE24 #2486AE #9124AE

square

#AE4C24 #41AE24 #2486AE #9124AE

split-complementary

#AE4C24 #24AE91 #2441AE

monochromatic

#49200F #7B361A #AE4C24 #D66739 #E18E6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#AE4C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C24

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C24	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)

#675C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.139 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8161',
    500: '#ae4c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c24;
$custom-light: #cd8161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53709,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C24

secondary

#67ABC7

accent

#B8E93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C24

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

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