#AE4526#AE4526

#AE4526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.145 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4526
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 38)
HSL	hsl(14, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 41.23, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 57.13, 43.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1158 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.145 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9357, 13.3976, 3.3696)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4526 #268FAE

analogous

#AE264B #AE4526 #AE8926

triadic

#AE4526 #26AE45 #4526AE

tetradic

#AE4526 #4BAE26 #268FAE #8926AE

square

#AE4526 #4BAE26 #268FAE #8926AE

split-complementary

#AE4526 #26AE89 #264BAE

monochromatic

#4A1D10 #7C311B #AE4526 #D55F3D #E0896F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#AE4526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#AE4526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4526

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4526	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)

#625822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.145 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c62',
    500: '#ae4526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4526;
$custom-light: #ce7c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.676,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52729,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4526

secondary

#6AB1C6

accent

#C1E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4526

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

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