#AE4E2A#AE4E2A

#AE4E2A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.135 H 40.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E2A
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 36.95, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 53.93, 46.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1034 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.135 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5999, 14.6173, 3.9267)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E2A #2A8AAE

analogous

#AE2A48 #AE4E2A #AE902A

triadic

#AE4E2A #2AAE4E #4E2AAE

tetradic

#AE4E2A #48AE2A #2A8AAE #902AAE

square

#AE4E2A #48AE2A #2A8AAE #902AAE

split-complementary

#AE4E2A #2AAE90 #2A48AE

monochromatic

#4B2212 #7D381E #AE4E2A #D26A43 #DE9175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#AE4E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#AE4E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E2A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E2A	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)

#695D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.135 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8265',
    500: '#ae4e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e2a;
$custom-light: #cd8265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54068,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E2A

secondary

#6FAEC5

accent

#B8E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E2A

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

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