#AE5945#AE5945

#AE5945 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.116 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5945
RGB	rgb(174, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 32.82, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 42.68, 39.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.0955 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.116 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1039, 16.5756, 7.6644)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5945 #459AAE

analogous

#AE4565 #AE5945 #AE8E45

triadic

#AE5945 #45AE59 #5945AE

tetradic

#AE5945 #65AE45 #459AAE #8E45AE

square

#AE5945 #65AE45 #459AAE #8E45AE

split-complementary

#AE5945 #45AE8E #4565AE

monochromatic

#562C22 #824334 #AE5945 #C57D6C #D6A397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AE5945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AE5945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5945

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5945	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.116 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8979',
    500: '#ae5945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5945;
$custom-light: #cb8979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56172,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5945

secondary

#8DB8C2

accent

#BBD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5945

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

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