#AE4220#AE4220

#AE4220 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.149 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4220
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 32)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 81.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 42.43, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 59.71, 44.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1184 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.149 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6667, 13.0022, 2.8403)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4220 #208CAE

analogous

#AE2045 #AE4220 #AE8920

triadic

#AE4220 #20AE42 #4220AE

tetradic

#AE4220 #45AE20 #208CAE #8920AE

square

#AE4220 #45AE20 #208CAE #8920AE

split-complementary

#AE4220 #20AE89 #2045AE

monochromatic

#471B0D #7A2E16 #AE4220 #D95A32 #E38466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#AE4220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#AE4220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4220

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4220	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0263B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.149 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7b5e',
    500: '#ae4220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4220;
$custom-light: #ce7b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.366,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52267,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4220

secondary

#62B0C8

accent

#C2EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4220

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

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