#AE4C29#AE4C29

#AE4C29 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.137 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C29
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 41)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 37.92, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 54.67, 46.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1062 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.137 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4423, 14.3303, 3.7870)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C29 #298BAE

analogous

#AE2949 #AE4C29 #AE8E29

triadic

#AE4C29 #29AE4C #4C29AE

tetradic

#AE4C29 #49AE29 #298BAE #8E29AE

square

#AE4C29 #49AE29 #298BAE #8E29AE

split-complementary

#AE4C29 #29AE8E #2949AE

monochromatic

#4B2112 #7C361D #AE4C29 #D26842 #DE8F73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AE4C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AE4C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C29

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C29	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.137 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8165',
    500: '#ae4c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c29;
$custom-light: #cd8165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53759,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C29

secondary

#6DAEC5

accent

#BAE543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C29

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

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