#AE4230#AE4230

#AE4230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.145 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4230
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 48)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 43.08, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 54.65, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.1235 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.145 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9393, 13.1113, 4.2765)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4230 #309CAE

analogous

#AE305D #AE4230 #AE8130

triadic

#AE4230 #30AE42 #4230AE

tetradic

#AE4230 #5DAE30 #309CAE #8130AE

square

#AE4230 #5DAE30 #309CAE #8130AE

split-complementary

#AE4230 #30AE81 #305DAE

monochromatic

#4E1E16 #7E3023 #AE4230 #CE604D #DB8B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#AE4230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AE4230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4230

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4230	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.145 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7b69',
    500: '#ae4230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4230;
$custom-light: #cd7b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52443,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4230

secondary

#76B9C4

accent

#CAE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4230

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

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