#AE3E20#AE3E20

#AE3E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.153 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E20
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 32)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 44.26, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 60.57, 43.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1241 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.153 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4411, 12.5510, 2.7651)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E20 #2090AE

analogous

#AE2049 #AE3E20 #AE8520

triadic

#AE3E20 #20AE3E #3E20AE

tetradic

#AE3E20 #49AE20 #2090AE #8520AE

square

#AE3E20 #49AE20 #2090AE #8520AE

split-complementary

#AE3E20 #20AE85 #2049AE

monochromatic

#47190D #7A2C16 #AE3E20 #D95532 #E38066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#AE3E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#AE3E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E20

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E20	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.153 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce785e',
    500: '#ae3e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e20;
$custom-light: #ce785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51748,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E20

secondary

#62B2C8

accent

#C7EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E20

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

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