#AE4121#AE4121

#AE4121 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.150 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4121
RGB	rgb(174, 65, 33)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 42.93, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 59.60, 43.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1201 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.15 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6225, 12.8919, 2.8937)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4121 #218EAE

analogous

#AE2147 #AE4121 #AE8721

triadic

#AE4121 #21AE41 #4121AE

tetradic

#AE4121 #47AE21 #218EAE #8721AE

square

#AE4121 #47AE21 #218EAE #8721AE

split-complementary

#AE4121 #21AE87 #2147AE

monochromatic

#471B0D #7B2E17 #AE4121 #D85934 #E28367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#AE4121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#AE4121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4121

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4121	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0253B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 65, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.150 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a5f',
    500: '#ae4121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4121;
$custom-light: #ce7a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.617,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52144,
    "c": 0.14964,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4121

secondary

#63B1C8

accent

#C3EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4121

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

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