#AE4828#AE4828

#AE4828 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.141 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4828
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 40)
HSL	hsl(14, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 39.86, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 55.83, 44.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.112 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.141 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1580, 13.7893, 3.6072)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4828 #288EAE

analogous

#AE284B #AE4828 #AE8B28

triadic

#AE4828 #28AE48 #4828AE

tetradic

#AE4828 #4BAE28 #288EAE #8B28AE

square

#AE4828 #4BAE28 #288EAE #8B28AE

split-complementary

#AE4828 #28AE8B #284BAE

monochromatic

#4A1F11 #7C331D #AE4828 #D36340 #DF8C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#AE4828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AE4828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4828

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4828	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.141 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7e64',
    500: '#ae4828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4828;
$custom-light: #cd7e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53169,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4828

secondary

#6CB0C6

accent

#BFE642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4828

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

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