#AE4E31#AE4E31

#AE4E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.133 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E31
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 49)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 37.29, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 51.55, 43.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1057 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.133 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7363, 14.6718, 4.6451)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E31 #3191AE

analogous

#AE3152 #AE4E31 #AE8C31

triadic

#AE4E31 #31AE4E #4E31AE

tetradic

#AE4E31 #52AE31 #3191AE #8C31AE

square

#AE4E31 #52AE31 #3191AE #8C31AE

split-complementary

#AE4E31 #31AE8C #3152AE

monochromatic

#4E2316 #7E3924 #AE4E31 #CD6C4F #DB947F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#AE4E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#AE4E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E31

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E31	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.133 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd826a',
    500: '#ae4e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e31;
$custom-light: #cd826a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5415,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E31

secondary

#77B2C4

accent

#BCDF48

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E31

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

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