#AE5840#AE5840

#AE5840 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.118 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5840
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 32.99, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 44.46, 42.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.0952 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.118 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8725, 16.3508, 6.8537)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5840 #4096AE

analogous

#AE405F #AE5840 #AE8F40

triadic

#AE5840 #40AE58 #5840AE

tetradic

#AE5840 #5FAE40 #4096AE #8F40AE

square

#AE5840 #5FAE40 #4096AE #8F40AE

split-complementary

#AE5840 #40AE8F #405FAE

monochromatic

#552B1F #814130 #AE5840 #C67A65 #D7A192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AE5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AE5840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5840

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5840	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.118 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8975',
    500: '#ae5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5840;
$custom-light: #cb8975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55927,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5840

secondary

#88B5C2

accent

#B9D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5840

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

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