#AE3721#AE3721

#AE3721 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.159 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3721
RGB	rgb(174, 55, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 47.31, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 61.80, 40.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1337 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.159 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0985, 11.8437, 2.7190)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3721 #2198AE

analogous

#AE2151 #AE3721 #AE7D21

triadic

#AE3721 #21AE37 #3721AE

tetradic

#AE3721 #51AE21 #2198AE #7D21AE

square

#AE3721 #51AE21 #2198AE #7D21AE

split-complementary

#AE3721 #21AE7D #2151AE

monochromatic

#47160D #7B2717 #AE3721 #D84D34 #E27A67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#AE3721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#AE3721 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3721

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3721	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C00F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 55, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.159 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf755e',
    500: '#ae3721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3721;
$custom-light: #cf755e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.362,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50915,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3721

secondary

#63B8C8

accent

#D0EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3721

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

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