#AE4935#AE4935

#AE4935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.137 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4935
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 40.00, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 51.42, 38.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1149 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.137 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4827, 14.0235, 4.9957)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4935 #359AAE

analogous

#AE355E #AE4935 #AE8535

triadic

#AE4935 #35AE49 #4935AE

tetradic

#AE4935 #5EAE35 #359AAE #8535AE

square

#AE4935 #5EAE35 #359AAE #8535AE

split-complementary

#AE4935 #35AE85 #355EAE

monochromatic

#502218 #7F3527 #AE4935 #CB6955 #DA9284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#AE4935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#AE4935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4935

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4935	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.137 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7f6d',
    500: '#ae4935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4935;
$custom-light: #cd7f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.917,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53472,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4935

secondary

#7CB7C3

accent

#C5DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4935

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

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