#AE4829#AE4829

#AE4829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.141 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4829
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 41)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 39.90, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 55.50, 44.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1123 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.141 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1753, 13.7962, 3.6979)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4829 #298FAE

analogous

#AE294D #AE4829 #AE8B29

triadic

#AE4829 #29AE48 #4829AE

tetradic

#AE4829 #4DAE29 #298FAE #8B29AE

square

#AE4829 #4DAE29 #298FAE #8B29AE

split-complementary

#AE4829 #29AE8B #294DAE

monochromatic

#4B1F12 #7C341D #AE4829 #D26342 #DE8C73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#AE4829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AE4829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4829

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4829	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)

#645A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.141 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7e64',
    500: '#ae4829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4829;
$custom-light: #cd7e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.985,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5318,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4829

secondary

#6DB1C5

accent

#BFE543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4829

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

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