#AE4528#AE4528

#AE4528 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.144 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4528
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 40)
HSL	hsl(13, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 41.31, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 56.48, 42.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1164 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.144 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9688, 13.4109, 3.5441)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4528 #2891AE

analogous

#AE284E #AE4528 #AE8828

triadic

#AE4528 #28AE45 #4528AE

tetradic

#AE4528 #4EAE28 #2891AE #8828AE

square

#AE4528 #4EAE28 #2891AE #8828AE

split-complementary

#AE4528 #28AE88 #284EAE

monochromatic

#4A1E11 #7C311D #AE4528 #D36040 #DF8972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#AE4528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#AE4528 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4528

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4528	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.144 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7d64',
    500: '#ae4528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4528;
$custom-light: #ce7d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.985,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5275,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4528

secondary

#6CB2C6

accent

#C2E642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4528

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

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