#AE4D26#AE4D26

#AE4D26 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.137 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D26
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 38)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 37.29, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 55.49, 47.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1037 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.137 41)
XYZ	xyz(20.4614, 14.4490, 3.5448)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D26 #2687AE

analogous

#AE2643 #AE4D26 #AE9126

triadic

#AE4D26 #26AE4D #4D26AE

tetradic

#AE4D26 #43AE26 #2687AE #9126AE

square

#AE4D26 #43AE26 #2687AE #9126AE

split-complementary

#AE4D26 #26AE91 #2643AE

monochromatic

#4A2110 #7C371B #AE4D26 #D5683D #E08F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AE4D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AE4D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D26

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D26	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)

#685D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.137 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8163',
    500: '#ae4d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d26;
$custom-light: #cd8163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.206,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53877,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.14446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D26

secondary

#6AACC6

accent

#B7E741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D26

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

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