#AE4E23#AE4E23

#AE4E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.137 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E23
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(19, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(19, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 36.67, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 56.32, 49.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.1013 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.137 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4854, 14.5715, 3.3236)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E23 #2383AE

analogous

#AE233D #AE4E23 #AE9323

triadic

#AE4E23 #23AE4E #4E23AE

tetradic

#AE4E23 #3DAE23 #2383AE #9323AE

square

#AE4E23 #3DAE23 #2383AE #9323AE

split-complementary

#AE4E23 #23AE93 #233DAE

monochromatic

#48200F #7B3719 #AE4E23 #D76937 #E18F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AE4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E23

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E23	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)

#695D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.137 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8261',
    500: '#ae4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e23;
$custom-light: #cd8261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.561,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53999,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E23

secondary

#66A9C7

accent

#B5E93E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E23

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

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