#AE3823#AE3823

#AE3823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.158 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3823
RGB	rgb(174, 56, 35)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 46.96, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 60.97, 39.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.133 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.158 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1753, 11.9512, 2.8869)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3823 #2399AE

analogous

#AE2353 #AE3823 #AE7D23

triadic

#AE3823 #23AE38 #3823AE

tetradic

#AE3823 #53AE23 #2399AE #7D23AE

square

#AE3823 #53AE23 #2399AE #7D23AE

split-complementary

#AE3823 #23AE7D #2353AE

monochromatic

#48170F #7B2819 #AE3823 #D74F37 #E17C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#AE3823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#AE3823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3823

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3823	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)

#5A5020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 56, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.158 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7560',
    500: '#ae3823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3823;
$custom-light: #cf7560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.065,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51049,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3823

secondary

#66B8C7

accent

#D0E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3823

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

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