#AE4C26#AE4C26

#AE4C26 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.138 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C26
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 38)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 37.80, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 55.68, 47.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1053 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.138 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3919, 14.3102, 3.5217)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C26 #2688AE

analogous

#AE2644 #AE4C26 #AE9026

triadic

#AE4C26 #26AE4C #4C26AE

tetradic

#AE4C26 #44AE26 #2688AE #9026AE

square

#AE4C26 #44AE26 #2688AE #9026AE

split-complementary

#AE4C26 #26AE90 #2644AE

monochromatic

#4A2010 #7C361B #AE4C26 #D5673D #E08E6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#AE4C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C26

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C26	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)

#675C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.138 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8163',
    500: '#ae4c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c26;
$custom-light: #cd8163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.765,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53728,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C26

secondary

#6AACC6

accent

#B9E741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C26

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

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