#AE503B#AE503B

#AE503B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.128 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE503B
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 36.84, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 47.88, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.1062 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.128 34)
XYZ	xyz(21.1156, 15.0544, 5.9307)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE503B #3B99AE

analogous

#AE3B5F #AE503B #AE893B

triadic

#AE503B #3BAE50 #503BAE

tetradic

#AE503B #5FAE3B #3B99AE #893BAE

square

#AE503B #5FAE3B #3B99AE #893BAE

split-complementary

#AE503B #3BAE89 #3B5FAE

monochromatic

#53261C #803B2C #AE503B #C8715E #D8998C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#AE503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AE503B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE503B

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE503B	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.128 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8471',
    500: '#ae503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae503b;
$custom-light: #cc8471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54592,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.15052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE503B

secondary

#82B7C2

accent

#C0D94F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE503B

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

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