#AE4524#AE4524

#AE4524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.145 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4524
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 36)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 41.15, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 57.78, 44.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1152 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.145 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9043, 13.3850, 3.2042)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4524 #248DAE

analogous

#AE2448 #AE4524 #AE8A24

triadic

#AE4524 #24AE45 #4524AE

tetradic

#AE4524 #48AE24 #248DAE #8A24AE

square

#AE4524 #48AE24 #248DAE #8A24AE

split-complementary

#AE4524 #24AE8A #2448AE

monochromatic

#491D0F #7B311A #AE4524 #D65F39 #E1886C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#AE4524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#AE4524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4524

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4524	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.145 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c61',
    500: '#ae4524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4524;
$custom-light: #ce7c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.348,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5271,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4524

secondary

#67B0C7

accent

#C0E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4524

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

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