#AE4836#AE4836

#AE4836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.138 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4836
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 40.54, 31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 51.36, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1168 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.138 32)
XYZ	xyz(20.4408, 13.9024, 5.0964)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4836 #369CAE

analogous

#AE3660 #AE4836 #AE8436

triadic

#AE4836 #36AE48 #4836AE

tetradic

#AE4836 #60AE36 #369CAE #8436AE

square

#AE4836 #60AE36 #369CAE #8436AE

split-complementary

#AE4836 #36AE84 #3660AE

monochromatic

#512119 #7F3528 #AE4836 #CB6856 #D99285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#AE4836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#AE4836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4836

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4836	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.138 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7f6d',
    500: '#ae4836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4836;
$custom-light: #cd7f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53345,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4836

secondary

#7DB8C3

accent

#C6DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4836

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

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