#AE321F#AE321F

#AE321F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.164 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE321F
RGB	rgb(174, 50, 31)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 82.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 49.25, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 63.49, 39.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.1394 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.164 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8457, 11.3817, 2.5006)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE321F #1F9BAE

analogous

#AE1F53 #AE321F #AE791F

triadic

#AE321F #1FAE32 #321FAE

tetradic

#AE321F #53AE1F #1F9BAE #791FAE

square

#AE321F #53AE1F #1F9BAE #791FAE

split-complementary

#AE321F #1FAE79 #1F53AE

monochromatic

#46140C #7A2316 #AE321F #DA4730 #E37564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#AE321F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#AE321F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE321F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE321F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE321F	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae321f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 50, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.164 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf725d',
    500: '#ae321f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae321f;
$custom-light: #cf725d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae321f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.972,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50346,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE321F

secondary

#60BBC8

accent

#D5ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE321F

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

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