#AE4E28#AE4E28

#AE4E28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.136 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E28
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 40)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 36.87, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 54.61, 47.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1028 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.136 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5650, 14.6033, 3.7429)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E28 #2888AE

analogous

#AE2845 #AE4E28 #AE9128

triadic

#AE4E28 #28AE4E #4E28AE

tetradic

#AE4E28 #45AE28 #2888AE #9128AE

square

#AE4E28 #45AE28 #2888AE #9128AE

split-complementary

#AE4E28 #28AE91 #2845AE

monochromatic

#4A2111 #7C381D #AE4E28 #D36A40 #DF9172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#AE4E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#AE4E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E28

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E28	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.136 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8264',
    500: '#ae4e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e28;
$custom-light: #cd8264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.015,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54047,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E28

secondary

#6CACC6

accent

#B7E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E28

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

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