#AE4D27#AE4D27

#AE4D27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.137 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D27
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 39)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 37.33, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 55.15, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.104 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.137 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4777, 14.4556, 3.6309)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D27 #2788AE

analogous

#AE2745 #AE4D27 #AE9127

triadic

#AE4D27 #27AE4D #4D27AE

tetradic

#AE4D27 #45AE27 #2788AE #9127AE

square

#AE4D27 #45AE27 #2788AE #9127AE

split-complementary

#AE4D27 #27AE91 #2745AE

monochromatic

#4A2111 #7C371C #AE4D27 #D4683E #DF9070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AE4D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AE4D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D27

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D27	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)

#685D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.137 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8163',
    500: '#ae4d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d27;
$custom-light: #cd8163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53887,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D27

secondary

#6BACC6

accent

#B8E641

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D27

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

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