#AE5843#AE5843

#AE5843 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.117 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5843
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 33.20, 28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 43.52, 40.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.0964 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.117 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9602, 16.3858, 7.3154)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5843 #4399AE

analogous

#AE4363 #AE5843 #AE8E43

triadic

#AE5843 #43AE58 #5843AE

tetradic

#AE5843 #63AE43 #4399AE #8E43AE

square

#AE5843 #63AE43 #4399AE #8E43AE

split-complementary

#AE5843 #43AE8E #4363AE

monochromatic

#562B21 #824232 #AE5843 #C57B69 #D6A295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AE5843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE5843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5843

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5843	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.117 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8977',
    500: '#ae5843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5843;
$custom-light: #cb8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.776,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55976,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5843

secondary

#8BB7C2

accent

#BBD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5843

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

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