#AE4532#AE4532

#AE4532 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.142 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4532
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 50)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, 41.77, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 53.31, 38.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1198 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.142 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1614, 13.4879, 4.5588)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4532 #329BAE

analogous

#AE325D #AE4532 #AE8332

triadic

#AE4532 #32AE45 #4532AE

tetradic

#AE4532 #5DAE32 #329BAE #8332AE

square

#AE4532 #5DAE32 #329BAE #8332AE

split-complementary

#AE4532 #32AE83 #325DAE

monochromatic

#4F1F17 #7E3224 #AE4532 #CD6350 #DA8E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#AE4532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#AE4532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4532

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4532	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.142 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7d6a',
    500: '#ae4532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4532;
$custom-light: #cd7d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52873,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4532

secondary

#78B8C4

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4532

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

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