#AE482D#AE482D

#AE482D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.140 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE482D
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 45)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 40.08, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 54.19, 42.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1136 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.14 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2486, 13.8256, 4.0845)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE482D #2D93AE

analogous

#AE2D53 #AE482D #AE882D

triadic

#AE482D #2DAE48 #482DAE

tetradic

#AE482D #53AE2D #2D93AE #882DAE

square

#AE482D #53AE2D #2D93AE #882DAE

split-complementary

#AE482D #2DAE88 #2D53AE

monochromatic

#4D2014 #7D3420 #AE482D #D06548 #DC8E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#AE482D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#AE482D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE482D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE482D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE482D	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae482d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.140 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7e67',
    500: '#ae482d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae482d;
$custom-light: #cd7e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae482d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.558,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53226,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE482D

secondary

#72B3C4

accent

#C1E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE482D

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

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