#AE4A2E#AE4A2E

#AE4A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.138 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A2E
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 39.14, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 53.42, 42.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1109 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.138 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3995, 14.0962, 4.2309)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A2E #2E92AE

analogous

#AE2E52 #AE4A2E #AE8A2E

triadic

#AE4A2E #2EAE4A #4A2EAE

tetradic

#AE4A2E #52AE2E #2E92AE #8A2EAE

square

#AE4A2E #52AE2E #2E92AE #8A2EAE

split-complementary

#AE4A2E #2EAE8A #2E52AE

monochromatic

#4D2114 #7E3521 #AE4A2E #CF674A #DC907A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#AE4A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#AE4A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A2E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A2E	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.138 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8068',
    500: '#ae4a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a2e;
$custom-light: #cd8068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.125,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53524,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A2E

secondary

#74B3C4

accent

#BFE146

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A2E

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

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