#AE5A45#AE5A45

#AE5A45 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.115 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A45
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 32.29, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 42.44, 40.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.0939 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.115 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1877, 16.7431, 7.6924)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A45 #4599AE

analogous

#AE4564 #AE5A45 #AE8E45

triadic

#AE5A45 #45AE5A #5A45AE

tetradic

#AE5A45 #64AE45 #4599AE #8E45AE

square

#AE5A45 #64AE45 #4599AE #8E45AE

split-complementary

#AE5A45 #45AE8E #4564AE

monochromatic

#562D22 #824334 #AE5A45 #C57D6C #D6A497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE5A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A45

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A45	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.115 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8a79',
    500: '#ae5a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a45;
$custom-light: #cb8a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56335,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A45

secondary

#8DB7C2

accent

#BAD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A45

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

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