#AE4228#AE4228

#AE4228 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.147 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4228
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 40)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 42.72, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 57.15, 41.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.1208 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.147 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7889, 13.0511, 3.4842)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4228 #2894AE

analogous

#AE2851 #AE4228 #AE8528

triadic

#AE4228 #28AE42 #4228AE

tetradic

#AE4228 #51AE28 #2894AE #8528AE

square

#AE4228 #51AE28 #2894AE #8528AE

split-complementary

#AE4228 #28AE85 #2851AE

monochromatic

#4A1C11 #7C2F1D #AE4228 #D35D40 #DF8772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#AE4228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#AE4228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4228

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4228	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF273D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.147 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7b63',
    500: '#ae4228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4228;
$custom-light: #ce7b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52346,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4228

secondary

#6CB4C6

accent

#C6E642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4228

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

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