#AE4E29#AE4E29

#AE4E29 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.136 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E29
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 41)
HSL	hsl(17, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 36.91, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 54.27, 47.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1031 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.136 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5823, 14.6102, 3.8336)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E29 #2989AE

analogous

#AE2946 #AE4E29 #AE9129

triadic

#AE4E29 #29AE4E #4E29AE

tetradic

#AE4E29 #46AE29 #2989AE #9129AE

square

#AE4E29 #46AE29 #2989AE #9129AE

split-complementary

#AE4E29 #29AE91 #2946AE

monochromatic

#4B2212 #7C381D #AE4E29 #D26A42 #DE9173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#AE4E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#AE4E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E29

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E29	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.136 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8265',
    500: '#ae4e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e29;
$custom-light: #cd8265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.692,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54057,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E29

secondary

#6DADC5

accent

#B8E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E29

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

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