#AE3822#AE3822

#AE3822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.158 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3822
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 46.93, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 61.27, 40.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1327 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.158 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1607, 11.9454, 2.8098)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3822 #2298AE

analogous

#AE2252 #AE3822 #AE7E22

triadic

#AE3822 #22AE38 #3822AE

tetradic

#AE3822 #52AE22 #2298AE #7E22AE

square

#AE3822 #52AE22 #2298AE #7E22AE

split-complementary

#AE3822 #22AE7E #2252AE

monochromatic

#48170E #7B2818 #AE3822 #D84F36 #E27C69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AE3822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3822

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3822	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)

#5A501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.158 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf755f',
    500: '#ae3822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3822;
$custom-light: #cf755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51039,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3822

secondary

#64B8C7

accent

#CFEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3822

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

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