#AE321E#AE321E

#AE321E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.164 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE321E
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 49.22, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 63.79, 39.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% 0.1391 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.164 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8327, 11.3765, 2.4323)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE321E #1E9AAE

analogous

#AE1E52 #AE321E #AE7A1E

triadic

#AE321E #1EAE32 #321EAE

tetradic

#AE321E #52AE1E #1E9AAE #7A1EAE

square

#AE321E #52AE1E #1E9AAE #7A1EAE

split-complementary

#AE321E #1EAE7A #1E52AE

monochromatic

#46140C #7A2315 #AE321E #DB462E #E47462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#AE321E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#AE321E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE321E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE321E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE321E	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae321e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.164 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf725c',
    500: '#ae321e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae321e;
$custom-light: #cf725c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae321e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.333,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50337,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE321E

secondary

#5FBAC9

accent

#D5ED3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE321E

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

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