#AE402F#AE402F

#AE402F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.147 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE402F
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 47)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 43.96, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 55.44, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.126 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.147 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8041, 12.8735, 4.1308)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE402F #2F9DAE

analogous

#AE2F5E #AE402F #AE7F2F

triadic

#AE402F #2FAE40 #402FAE

tetradic

#AE402F #5EAE2F #2F9DAE #7F2FAE

square

#AE402F #5EAE2F #2F9DAE #7F2FAE

split-complementary

#AE402F #2FAE7F #2F5EAE

monochromatic

#4E1D15 #7E2E22 #AE402F #CF5D4C #DC897C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#AE402F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE402F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE402F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE402F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE402F	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF253D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae402f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.147 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7a68',
    500: '#ae402f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae402f;
$custom-light: #cd7a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae402f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.031,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52169,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE402F

secondary

#75B9C4

accent

#CCE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE402F

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

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