#AE4423#AE4423

#AE4423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.146 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4423
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 41.59, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 58.32, 44.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.1164 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.146 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8282, 13.2570, 3.1045)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4423 #238DAE

analogous

#AE2347 #AE4423 #AE8923

triadic

#AE4423 #23AE44 #4423AE

tetradic

#AE4423 #47AE23 #238DAE #8923AE

square

#AE4423 #47AE23 #238DAE #8923AE

split-complementary

#AE4423 #23AE89 #2347AE

monochromatic

#481C0F #7B3019 #AE4423 #D75D37 #E1876A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#AE4423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#AE4423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4423

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4423	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62571E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.146 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c60',
    500: '#ae4423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4423;
$custom-light: #ce7c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.245,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52563,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4423

secondary

#66B0C7

accent

#C1E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4423

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

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