#AE5237#AE5237

#AE5237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.127 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5237
RGB	rgb(174, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 35.57, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 48.70, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.1015 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.127 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1644, 15.3117, 5.4546)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5237 #3793AE

analogous

#AE3758 #AE5237 #AE8D37

triadic

#AE5237 #37AE52 #5237AE

tetradic

#AE5237 #58AE37 #3793AE #8D37AE

square

#AE5237 #58AE37 #3793AE #8D37AE

split-complementary

#AE5237 #37AE8D #3758AE

monochromatic

#51261A #7F3C28 #AE5237 #CA7258 #D99986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AE5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AE5237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5237

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5237	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.127 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc856f',
    500: '#ae5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5237;
$custom-light: #cc856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.613,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5484,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5237

secondary

#7EB3C3

accent

#BBDB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5237

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

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