#AE4E2B#AE4E2B

#AE4E2B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.135 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E2B
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 37.00, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 53.59, 46.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1037 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.135 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6180, 14.6245, 4.0221)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E2B #2B8BAE

analogous

#AE2B49 #AE4E2B #AE902B

triadic

#AE4E2B #2BAE4E #4E2BAE

tetradic

#AE4E2B #49AE2B #2B8BAE #902BAE

square

#AE4E2B #49AE2B #2B8BAE #902BAE

split-complementary

#AE4E2B #2BAE90 #2B49AE

monochromatic

#4C2213 #7D381F #AE4E2B #D16B45 #DD9276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#AE4E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#AE4E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E2B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E2B	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)

#685E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.135 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8266',
    500: '#ae4e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e2b;
$custom-light: #cd8266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.031,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54079,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E2B

secondary

#70AEC5

accent

#B9E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E2B

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

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