#AE4D28#AE4D28

#AE4D28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.137 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D28
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 40)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 37.37, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 54.81, 47.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.1043 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.137 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4945, 14.4623, 3.7194)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D28 #2889AE

analogous

#AE2846 #AE4D28 #AE9028

triadic

#AE4D28 #28AE4D #4D28AE

tetradic

#AE4D28 #46AE28 #2889AE #9028AE

square

#AE4D28 #46AE28 #2889AE #9028AE

split-complementary

#AE4D28 #28AE90 #2846AE

monochromatic

#4A2111 #7C371D #AE4D28 #D36940 #DF9072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#AE4D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AE4D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D28

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D28	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)

#685D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.137 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8164',
    500: '#ae4d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d28;
$custom-light: #cd8164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.567,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53897,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D28

secondary

#6CADC6

accent

#B9E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D28

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

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