#AE4C2B#AE4C2B

#AE4C2B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.137 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C2B
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 43)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 38.01, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 53.99, 45.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.1068 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.137 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4781, 14.3447, 3.9755)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C2B #2B8DAE

analogous

#AE2B4B #AE4C2B #AE8E2B

triadic

#AE4C2B #2BAE4C #4C2BAE

tetradic

#AE4C2B #4BAE2B #2B8DAE #8E2BAE

square

#AE4C2B #4BAE2B #2B8DAE #8E2BAE

split-complementary

#AE4C2B #2BAE8E #2B4BAE

monochromatic

#4C2113 #7D371F #AE4C2B #D16845 #DD9076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#AE4C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AE4C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C2B

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C2B	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)

#675C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.137 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8166',
    500: '#ae4c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c2b;
$custom-light: #cd8166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.115,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53781,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C2B

secondary

#70AFC5

accent

#BBE444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C2B

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