#AE3E22#AE3E22

#AE3E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.152 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E22
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, 44.33, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 59.94, 42.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1246 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.152 35)
XYZ	xyz(19.4691, 12.5622, 2.9126)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E22 #2292AE

analogous

#AE224C #AE3E22 #AE8422

triadic

#AE3E22 #22AE3E #3E22AE

tetradic

#AE3E22 #4CAE22 #2292AE #8422AE

square

#AE3E22 #4CAE22 #2292AE #8422AE

split-complementary

#AE3E22 #22AE84 #224CAE

monochromatic

#481A0E #7B2C18 #AE3E22 #D85636 #E28169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#AE3E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#AE3E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E22

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E22	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)

#5E541E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C01F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.152 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce785f',
    500: '#ae3e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e22;
$custom-light: #ce785f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51767,
    "c": 0.15219,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.12559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E22

secondary

#64B4C7

accent

#C8EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E22

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

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