#AE4537#AE4537

#AE4537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.141 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4537
RGB	rgb(174, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 42.05, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 51.83, 35.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1216 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.141 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2753, 13.5335, 5.1582)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4537 #37A0AE

analogous

#AE3764 #AE4537 #AE8137

triadic

#AE4537 #37AE45 #4537AE

tetradic

#AE4537 #64AE37 #37A0AE #8137AE

square

#AE4537 #64AE37 #37A0AE #8137AE

split-complementary

#AE4537 #37AE81 #3764AE

monochromatic

#51201A #7F3328 #AE4537 #CA6558 #D99086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#AE4537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#AE4537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4537

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4537	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.141 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7d6e',
    500: '#ae4537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4537;
$custom-light: #cd7d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52944,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4537

secondary

#7EBBC3

accent

#CBDB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4537

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

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