#AE4A31#AE4A31

#AE4A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.137 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4A31
RGB	rgb(174, 74, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 39.29, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 52.44, 41.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.1119 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.137 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4607, 14.1207, 4.5533)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4A31 #3195AE

analogous

#AE3156 #AE4A31 #AE8831

triadic

#AE4A31 #31AE4A #4A31AE

tetradic

#AE4A31 #56AE31 #3195AE #8831AE

square

#AE4A31 #56AE31 #3195AE #8831AE

split-complementary

#AE4A31 #31AE88 #3156AE

monochromatic

#4E2116 #7E3624 #AE4A31 #CD684F #DB917F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#AE4A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#AE4A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4A31

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4A31	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 74, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.137 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd806a',
    500: '#ae4a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4a31;
$custom-light: #cd806a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53561,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4A31

secondary

#77B4C4

accent

#C1DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4A31

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

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