#AE4D24#AE4D24

#AE4D24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.138 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D24
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 36)
HSL	hsl(18, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 37.22, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 56.17, 48.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1032 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.138 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4300, 14.4365, 3.3794)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D24 #2485AE

analogous

#AE2440 #AE4D24 #AE9224

triadic

#AE4D24 #24AE4D #4D24AE

tetradic

#AE4D24 #40AE24 #2485AE #9224AE

square

#AE4D24 #40AE24 #2485AE #9224AE

split-complementary

#AE4D24 #24AE92 #2440AE

monochromatic

#49200F #7B371A #AE4D24 #D66839 #E18F6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AE4D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AE4D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D24

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D24	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)

#685D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.138 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8162',
    500: '#ae4d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d24;
$custom-light: #cd8162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53858,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D24

secondary

#67AAC7

accent

#B6E93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D24

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

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