#AE4533#AE4533

#AE4533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.141 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4533
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 51)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, 41.83, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 53.01, 37.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1202 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.141 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1833, 13.4966, 4.6736)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4533 #339CAE

analogous

#AE335F #AE4533 #AE8333

triadic

#AE4533 #33AE45 #4533AE

tetradic

#AE4533 #5FAE33 #339CAE #8333AE

square

#AE4533 #5FAE33 #339CAE #8333AE

split-complementary

#AE4533 #33AE83 #335FAE

monochromatic

#4F1F17 #7F3225 #AE4533 #CC6452 #DA8E81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#AE4533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#AE4533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4533

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4533	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)

#615831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.141 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7d6b',
    500: '#ae4533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4533;
$custom-light: #cd7d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52886,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4533

secondary

#79B9C3

accent

#C8DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4533

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

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