#AE5D45#AE5D45

#AE5D45 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.112 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5D45
RGB	rgb(174, 93, 69)
HSL	hsl(14, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 30.67, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 41.78, 42.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.0889 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.112 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4458, 17.2595, 7.7784)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5D45 #4596AE

analogous

#AE4562 #AE5D45 #AE9145

triadic

#AE5D45 #45AE5D #5D45AE

tetradic

#AE5D45 #62AE45 #4596AE #9145AE

square

#AE5D45 #62AE45 #4596AE #9145AE

split-complementary

#AE5D45 #45AE91 #4562AE

monochromatic

#562E22 #824634 #AE5D45 #C5806C #D6A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AE5D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AE5D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5D45

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5D45	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 93, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.112 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8c79',
    500: '#ae5d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5d45;
$custom-light: #cb8c79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56832,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5D45

secondary

#8DB6C2

accent

#B6D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5D45

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

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