#AE4C3E#AE4C3E

#AE4C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.131 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4C3E
RGB	rgb(174, 76, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 39.06, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 48.02, 35.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1137 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.131 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9114, 14.5180, 6.2576)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4C3E #3EA0AE

analogous

#AE3E68 #AE4C3E #AE843E

triadic

#AE4C3E #3EAE4C #4C3EAE

tetradic

#AE4C3E #68AE3E #3EA0AE #843EAE

square

#AE4C3E #68AE3E #3EA0AE #843EAE

split-complementary

#AE4C3E #3EAE84 #3E68AE

monochromatic

#54251E #81382E #AE4C3E #C76F62 #D7988F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AE4C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AE4C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4C3E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4C3E	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 76, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.131 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8173',
    500: '#ae4c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4c3e;
$custom-light: #cc8173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54044,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4C3E

secondary

#86BBC2

accent

#C6D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4C3E

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

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