#AE4D21#AE4D21

#AE4D21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.139 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D21
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 33)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 37.11, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 57.17, 49.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1023 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.139 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3861, 14.4189, 3.1482)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D21 #2182AE

analogous

#AE213C #AE4D21 #AE9321

triadic

#AE4D21 #21AE4D #4D21AE

tetradic

#AE4D21 #3CAE21 #2182AE #9321AE

square

#AE4D21 #3CAE21 #2182AE #9321AE

split-complementary

#AE4D21 #21AE93 #213CAE

monochromatic

#471F0D #7B3617 #AE4D21 #D86734 #E28E67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#AE4D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#AE4D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D21

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D21	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.139 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8160',
    500: '#ae4d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d21;
$custom-light: #ce8160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.723,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53831,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D21

secondary

#63A8C8

accent

#B5EB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFE9

border

#D4CAC5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D21

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

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