#AE5A42#AE5A42

#AE5A42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.116 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A42
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 32.06, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 43.38, 42.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0927 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.116 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0969, 16.7068, 7.2143)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A42 #4296AE

analogous

#AE4260 #AE5A42 #AE9042

triadic

#AE5A42 #42AE5A #5A42AE

tetradic

#AE5A42 #60AE42 #4296AE #9042AE

square

#AE5A42 #60AE42 #4296AE #9042AE

split-complementary

#AE5A42 #42AE90 #4260AE

monochromatic

#552C20 #824331 #AE5A42 #C67D68 #D6A394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#AE5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AE5A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A42

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A42	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.116 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8a77',
    500: '#ae5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a42;
$custom-light: #cb8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56285,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A42

secondary

#8AB5C2

accent

#B8D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A42

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

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