#AE402B#AE402B

#AE402B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.148 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE402B
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 43.77, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 56.66, 39.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1246 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.148 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7271, 12.8427, 3.7251)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE402B #2B99AE

analogous

#AE2B58 #AE402B #AE812B

triadic

#AE402B #2BAE40 #402BAE

tetradic

#AE402B #58AE2B #2B99AE #812BAE

square

#AE402B #58AE2B #2B99AE #812BAE

split-complementary

#AE402B #2BAE81 #2B58AE

monochromatic

#4C1C13 #7D2E1F #AE402B #D15C45 #DD8776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#AE402B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE402B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE402B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE402B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE402B	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae402b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.148 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a65',
    500: '#ae402b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae402b;
$custom-light: #ce7a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae402b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.618,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52119,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE402B

secondary

#70B7C5

accent

#CAE444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE402B

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

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