#AE503C#AE503C

#AE503C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.128 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE503C
RGB	rgb(174, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 36.90, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 47.57, 39.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.1066 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.128 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1417, 15.0648, 6.0686)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE503C #3C9AAE

analogous

#AE3C61 #AE503C #AE893C

triadic

#AE503C #3CAE50 #503CAE

tetradic

#AE503C #61AE3C #3C9AAE #893CAE

square

#AE503C #61AE3C #3C9AAE #893CAE

split-complementary

#AE503C #3CAE89 #3C61AE

monochromatic

#53261D #803B2C #AE503C #C8725F #D89A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#AE503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AE503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE503C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE503C	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80743A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.128 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8472',
    500: '#ae503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae503c;
$custom-light: #cc8472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54607,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE503C

secondary

#83B7C2

accent

#C0D850

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE503C

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

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