#AE5849#AE5849

#AE5849 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.116 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5849
RGB	rgb(174, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 33.66, 24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 41.79, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.0988 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.116 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1496, 16.4616, 8.3130)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5849 #499FAE

analogous

#AE496C #AE5849 #AE8A49

triadic

#AE5849 #49AE58 #5849AE

tetradic

#AE5849 #6CAE49 #499FAE #8A49AE

square

#AE5849 #6CAE49 #499FAE #8A49AE

split-complementary

#AE5849 #49AE8A #496CAE

monochromatic

#582C25 #834237 #AE5849 #C37D71 #D5A49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AE5849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AE5849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5849

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5849	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.116 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb897c',
    500: '#ae5849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5849;
$custom-light: #cb897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.911,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56082,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5849

secondary

#91BBC2

accent

#BFD157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5849

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

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