#AE4E21#AE4E21

#AE4E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.138 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E21
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 33)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 36.60, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 56.99, 50.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1008 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.138 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4566, 14.5599, 3.1717)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E21 #2181AE

analogous

#AE213A #AE4E21 #AE9421

triadic

#AE4E21 #21AE4E #4E21AE

tetradic

#AE4E21 #3AAE21 #2181AE #9421AE

square

#AE4E21 #3AAE21 #2181AE #9421AE

split-complementary

#AE4E21 #21AE94 #213AAE

monochromatic

#47200D #7B3717 #AE4E21 #D86834 #E28E67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AE4E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE4E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E21

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E21	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80731E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.138 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8260',
    500: '#ae4e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e21;
$custom-light: #ce8260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.149,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53982,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E21

secondary

#63A8C8

accent

#B3EB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFE9

border

#D4CAC5

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E21

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

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