#AE4D36#AE4D36

#AE4D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.133 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4D36
RGB	rgb(174, 77, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 38.07, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 50.15, 40.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1091 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.133 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7773, 14.5754, 5.2085)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4D36 #3697AE

analogous

#AE365B #AE4D36 #AE8936

triadic

#AE4D36 #36AE4D #4D36AE

tetradic

#AE4D36 #5BAE36 #3697AE #8936AE

square

#AE4D36 #5BAE36 #3697AE #8936AE

split-complementary

#AE4D36 #36AE89 #365BAE

monochromatic

#512419 #7F3828 #AE4D36 #CB6D56 #D99585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#AE4D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AE4D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4D36

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4D36	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 77, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.133 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc826e',
    500: '#ae4d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4d36;
$custom-light: #cc826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54068,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4D36

secondary

#7DB6C3

accent

#C0DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4D36

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

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