#AE442F#AE442F

#AE442F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.143 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE442F
RGB	rgb(174, 68, 47)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, 42.10, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 54.47, 39.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% 0.1202 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.143 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0378, 13.3409, 4.2087)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE442F #2F99AE

analogous

#AE2F59 #AE442F #AE832F

triadic

#AE442F #2FAE44 #442FAE

tetradic

#AE442F #59AE2F #2F99AE #832FAE

square

#AE442F #59AE2F #2F99AE #832FAE

split-complementary

#AE442F #2FAE83 #2F59AE

monochromatic

#4E1E15 #7E3122 #AE442F #CF614C #DC8C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#AE442F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#AE442F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE442F

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE442F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE442F	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae442f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 68, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.143 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c68',
    500: '#ae442f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae442f;
$custom-light: #cd7c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae442f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.921,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52697,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE442F

secondary

#75B7C4

accent

#C7E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE442F

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

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