#AE4B31#AE4B31

#AE4B31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.136 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4B31
RGB	rgb(174, 75, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 38.80, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 52.21, 42.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1104 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.136 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5280, 14.2552, 4.5757)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4B31 #3194AE

analogous

#AE3155 #AE4B31 #AE8931

triadic

#AE4B31 #31AE4B #4B31AE

tetradic

#AE4B31 #55AE31 #3194AE #8931AE

square

#AE4B31 #55AE31 #3194AE #8931AE

split-complementary

#AE4B31 #31AE89 #3155AE

monochromatic

#4E2216 #7E3624 #AE4B31 #CD694F #DB927F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#AE4B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#AE4B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4B31

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4B31	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 75, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.136 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd806a',
    500: '#ae4b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4b31;
$custom-light: #cd806a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53706,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4B31

secondary

#77B4C4

accent

#C0DF48

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4B31

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

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