#AE5A46#AE5A46

#AE5A46 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.114 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5A46
RGB	rgb(174, 90, 70)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 32.36, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 42.14, 39.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.0943 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.114 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2190, 16.7556, 7.8572)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5A46 #469AAE

analogous

#AE4666 #AE5A46 #AE8E46

triadic

#AE5A46 #46AE5A #5A46AE

tetradic

#AE5A46 #66AE46 #469AAE #8E46AE

square

#AE5A46 #66AE46 #469AAE #8E46AE

split-complementary

#AE5A46 #46AE8E #4666AE

monochromatic

#572D23 #824334 #AE5A46 #C47E6D #D6A499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AE5A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AE5A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5A46

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5A46	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)

#6F6744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 90, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.114 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8a7a',
    500: '#ae5a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5a46;
$custom-light: #cb8a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56353,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5A46

secondary

#8EB8C2

accent

#BAD255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5A46

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

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