#AE5844#AE5844

#AE5844 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.117 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5844
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 68)
HSL	hsl(11, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 33.28, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 43.22, 39.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.0968 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.117 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9905, 16.3979, 7.4748)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5844 #449AAE

analogous

#AE4465 #AE5844 #AE8D44

triadic

#AE5844 #44AE58 #5844AE

tetradic

#AE5844 #65AE44 #449AAE #8D44AE

square

#AE5844 #65AE44 #449AAE #8D44AE

split-complementary

#AE5844 #44AE8D #4465AE

monochromatic

#562B22 #824233 #AE5844 #C57B6A #D6A296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AE5844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AE5844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5844

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5844	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)

#6E6542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.117 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8978',
    500: '#ae5844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5844;
$custom-light: #cb8978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55993,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5844

secondary

#8CB8C2

accent

#BCD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5844

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

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