#AE4F38#AE4F38

#AE4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.130 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4F38
RGB	rgb(174, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 37.17, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 49.05, 40.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1067 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.13 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9673, 14.8788, 5.5084)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4F38 #3897AE

analogous

#AE385C #AE4F38 #AE8A38

triadic

#AE4F38 #38AE4F #4F38AE

tetradic

#AE4F38 #5CAE38 #3897AE #8A38AE

square

#AE4F38 #5CAE38 #3897AE #8A38AE

split-complementary

#AE4F38 #38AE8A #385CAE

monochromatic

#51251A #803A29 #AE4F38 #CA6F59 #D99888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#AE4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#AE4F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4F38

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4F38	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.130 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc836f',
    500: '#ae4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4f38;
$custom-light: #cc836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.695,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54396,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4F38

secondary

#7FB6C3

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4F38

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

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