#AE4C25#AE4C25

#AE4C25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.139 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C25
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 37)
HSL	hsl(17, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 37.76, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 56.02, 47.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.105 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.139 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3760, 14.3038, 3.4378)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C25 #2587AE

analogous

#AE2543 #AE4C25 #AE9125

triadic

#AE4C25 #25AE4C #4C25AE

tetradic

#AE4C25 #43AE25 #2587AE #9125AE

square

#AE4C25 #43AE25 #2587AE #9125AE

split-complementary

#AE4C25 #25AE91 #2543AE

monochromatic

#492010 #7C361A #AE4C25 #D5673B #E08E6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#AE4C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C25

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C25	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)

#675C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.139 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8162',
    500: '#ae4c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c25;
$custom-light: #cd8162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.08,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53719,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C25

secondary

#68ACC6

accent

#B8E840

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C25

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

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