#AE3821#AE3821

#AE3821 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.158 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3821
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 33)
HSL	hsl(10, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(10, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 46.90, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 61.58, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1324 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.158 33)
XYZ	xyz(19.1464, 11.9397, 2.7350)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3821 #2197AE

analogous

#AE2151 #AE3821 #AE7E21

triadic

#AE3821 #21AE38 #3821AE

tetradic

#AE3821 #51AE21 #2197AE #7E21AE

square

#AE3821 #51AE21 #2197AE #7E21AE

split-complementary

#AE3821 #21AE7E #2151AE

monochromatic

#47170D #7B2717 #AE3821 #D84F34 #E27B67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AE3821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3821 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3821

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3821	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.158 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf755e',
    500: '#ae3821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3821;
$custom-light: #cf755e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.787,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5103,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.11937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3821

secondary

#63B7C8

accent

#CFEB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3821

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

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