#AE5B46#AE5B46

#AE5B46 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.113 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5B46
RGB	rgb(174, 91, 70)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 31.82, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 41.91, 40.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.0926 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.113 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3039, 16.9255, 7.8855)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5B46 #4699AE

analogous

#AE4665 #AE5B46 #AE8F46

triadic

#AE5B46 #46AE5B #5B46AE

tetradic

#AE5B46 #65AE46 #4699AE #8F46AE

square

#AE5B46 #65AE46 #4699AE #8F46AE

split-complementary

#AE5B46 #46AE8F #4665AE

monochromatic

#572D23 #824434 #AE5B46 #C47F6D #D6A599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AE5B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AE5B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5B46

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5B46	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 91, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.113 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8b7a',
    500: '#ae5b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5b46;
$custom-light: #cb8b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.115,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5B46

secondary

#8EB7C2

accent

#B9D255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5B46

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

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