#AE4937#AE4937

#AE4937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.136 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4937
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 40.11, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 50.81, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1156 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.136 32)
XYZ	xyz(20.5297, 14.0423, 5.2430)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4937 #379CAE

analogous

#AE3760 #AE4937 #AE8537

triadic

#AE4937 #37AE49 #4937AE

tetradic

#AE4937 #60AE37 #379CAE #8537AE

square

#AE4937 #60AE37 #379CAE #8537AE

split-complementary

#AE4937 #37AE85 #3760AE

monochromatic

#51221A #7F3528 #AE4937 #CA6958 #D99386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AE4937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AE4937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4937

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4937	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.136 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7f6e',
    500: '#ae4937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4937;
$custom-light: #cd7f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.076,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53501,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.1404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4937

secondary

#7EB8C3

accent

#C6DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4937

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

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