#AE4236#AE4236

#AE4236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.144 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4236
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 43.40, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 52.90, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.1257 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.144 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0717, 13.1642, 4.9733)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4236 #36A2AE

analogous

#AE3666 #AE4236 #AE7E36

triadic

#AE4236 #36AE42 #4236AE

tetradic

#AE4236 #66AE36 #36A2AE #7E36AE

square

#AE4236 #66AE36 #36A2AE #7E36AE

split-complementary

#AE4236 #36AE7E #3666AE

monochromatic

#511F19 #7F3028 #AE4236 #CB6256 #D98E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AE4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4236

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4236	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.144 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7b6d',
    500: '#ae4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4236;
$custom-light: #cd7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52528,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4236

secondary

#7DBCC3

accent

#CEDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4236

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

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