#AE4321#AE4321

#AE4321 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.148 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4321
RGB	rgb(174, 67, 33)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 41.99, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 59.17, 44.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.1173 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.148 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7394, 13.1256, 2.9326)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4321 #218CAE

analogous

#AE2145 #AE4321 #AE8921

triadic

#AE4321 #21AE43 #4321AE

tetradic

#AE4321 #45AE21 #218CAE #8921AE

square

#AE4321 #45AE21 #218CAE #8921AE

split-complementary

#AE4321 #21AE89 #2145AE

monochromatic

#471B0D #7B2F17 #AE4321 #D85B34 #E28567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#AE4321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#AE4321 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4321

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4321	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0283C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 67, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.148 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7b5f',
    500: '#ae4321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4321;
$custom-light: #ce7b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.468,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52409,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4321

secondary

#63AFC8

accent

#C1EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4321

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

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