#AE4036#AE4036

#AE4036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.146 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4036
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, 44.32, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 53.42, 33.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1285 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.146 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9568, 12.9346, 4.9351)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4036 #36A4AE

analogous

#AE3668 #AE4036 #AE7C36

triadic

#AE4036 #36AE40 #4036AE

tetradic

#AE4036 #68AE36 #36A4AE #7C36AE

square

#AE4036 #68AE36 #36A4AE #7C36AE

split-complementary

#AE4036 #36AE7C #3668AE

monochromatic

#511E19 #7F2F28 #AE4036 #CB6056 #D98C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#AE4036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#AE4036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4036

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4036	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF273E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.146 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7a6d',
    500: '#ae4036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4036;
$custom-light: #cd7a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52268,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4036

secondary

#7DBDC3

accent

#D0DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4036

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

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