#AE4D23#AE4D23

#AE4D23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.138 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D23
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 35)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 37.18, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 56.50, 48.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1029 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.138 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4149, 14.4305, 3.3001)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D23 #2384AE

analogous

#AE233F #AE4D23 #AE9223

triadic

#AE4D23 #23AE4D #4D23AE

tetradic

#AE4D23 #3FAE23 #2384AE #9223AE

square

#AE4D23 #3FAE23 #2384AE #9223AE

split-complementary

#AE4D23 #23AE92 #233FAE

monochromatic

#48200F #7B3619 #AE4D23 #D76837 #E18E6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AE4D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AE4D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D23

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D23	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.138 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8161',
    500: '#ae4d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d23;
$custom-light: #cd8161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.129,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53849,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D23

secondary

#66AAC7

accent

#B6E93E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D23

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

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