#AE4C2F#AE4C2F

#AE4C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.136 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C2F
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 38.20, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 52.65, 43.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1081 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.136 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5551, 14.3755, 4.3811)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C2F #2F91AE

analogous

#AE2F51 #AE4C2F #AE8B2F

triadic

#AE4C2F #2FAE4C #4C2FAE

tetradic

#AE4C2F #51AE2F #2F91AE #8B2FAE

square

#AE4C2F #51AE2F #2F91AE #8B2FAE

split-complementary

#AE4C2F #2FAE8B #2F51AE

monochromatic

#4E2215 #7E3722 #AE4C2F #CF6A4C #DC927C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#AE4C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#AE4C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C2F

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C2F	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.136 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8169',
    500: '#ae4c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c2f;
$custom-light: #cd8169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.701,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53828,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C2F

secondary

#75B2C4

accent

#BEE147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C2F

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

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