#AE523B#AE523B

#AE523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.126 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE523B
RGB	rgb(174, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 35.81, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 47.41, 40.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.103 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.126 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2642, 15.3516, 5.9802)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE523B #3B97AE

analogous

#AE3B5D #AE523B #AE8B3B

triadic

#AE523B #3BAE52 #523BAE

tetradic

#AE523B #5DAE3B #3B97AE #8B3BAE

square

#AE523B #5DAE3B #3B97AE #8B3BAE

split-complementary

#AE523B #3BAE8B #3B5DAE

monochromatic

#53271C #803C2C #AE523B #C8735E #D89B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#AE523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#AE523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE523B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE523B	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.126 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8571',
    500: '#ae523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae523b;
$custom-light: #cc8571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54899,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE523B

secondary

#82B6C2

accent

#BDD94F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE523B

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

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