#AE4E2C#AE4E2C

#AE4E2C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.135 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E2C
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 37.04, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 53.24, 45.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.104 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.135 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6366, 14.6320, 4.1199)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E2C #2C8CAE

analogous

#AE2C4B #AE4E2C #AE8F2C

triadic

#AE4E2C #2CAE4E #4E2CAE

tetradic

#AE4E2C #4BAE2C #2C8CAE #8F2CAE

square

#AE4E2C #4BAE2C #2C8CAE #8F2CAE

split-complementary

#AE4E2C #2CAE8F #2C4BAE

monochromatic

#4C2213 #7D3820 #AE4E2C #D06B47 #DD9278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#AE4E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#AE4E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E2C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E2C	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.135 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8267',
    500: '#ae4e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e2c;
$custom-light: #cd8267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5409,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E2C

secondary

#71AFC5

accent

#BAE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E2C

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