#AE4C28#AE4C28

#AE4C28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.138 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C28
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 40)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 37.88, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 55.01, 46.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1059 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.138 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4251, 14.3234, 3.6962)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C28 #288AAE

analogous

#AE2847 #AE4C28 #AE8F28

triadic

#AE4C28 #28AE4C #4C28AE

tetradic

#AE4C28 #47AE28 #288AAE #8F28AE

square

#AE4C28 #47AE28 #288AAE #8F28AE

split-complementary

#AE4C28 #28AE8F #2847AE

monochromatic

#4A2111 #7C361D #AE4C28 #D36840 #DF8F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AE4C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#AE4C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C28

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C28	1.00	5.43	3.86	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.138 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8164',
    500: '#ae4c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c28;
$custom-light: #cd8164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53749,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C28

secondary

#6CAEC6

accent

#BAE642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C28

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

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