#AE4837#AE4837

#AE4837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.137 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4837
RGB	rgb(174, 72, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 40.60, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 51.06, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1171 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.137 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4645, 13.9119, 5.2213)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4837 #379DAE

analogous

#AE3762 #AE4837 #AE8337

triadic

#AE4837 #37AE48 #4837AE

tetradic

#AE4837 #62AE37 #379DAE #8337AE

square

#AE4837 #62AE37 #379DAE #8337AE

split-complementary

#AE4837 #37AE83 #3762AE

monochromatic

#51221A #7F3528 #AE4837 #CA6858 #D99286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#AE4837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#AE4837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4837

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4837	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 72, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.137 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7f6e',
    500: '#ae4837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4837;
$custom-light: #cd7f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5336,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4837

secondary

#7EB9C3

accent

#C7DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4837

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

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