#AE4E22#AE4E22

#AE4E22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.138 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E22
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 34)
HSL	hsl(19, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(19, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 36.64, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 56.65, 49.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1011 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.138 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4708, 14.5656, 3.2465)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E22 #2282AE

analogous

#AE223C #AE4E22 #AE9422

triadic

#AE4E22 #22AE4E #4E22AE

tetradic

#AE4E22 #3CAE22 #2282AE #9422AE

square

#AE4E22 #3CAE22 #2282AE #9422AE

split-complementary

#AE4E22 #22AE94 #223CAE

monochromatic

#48200E #7B3718 #AE4E22 #D86836 #E28F69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AE4E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE4E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E22

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E22	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)

#695D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80731F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.138 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8260',
    500: '#ae4e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e22;
$custom-light: #cd8260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5399,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E22

secondary

#64A8C7

accent

#B4EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E22

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

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