#AE604E#AE604E

#AE604E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.106 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE604E
RGB	rgb(174, 96, 78)
HSL	hsl(11, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 29.77, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 38.36, 39.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.0875 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.106 34)
XYZ	xyz(23.0152, 17.9168, 9.4525)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE604E #4E9CAE

analogous

#AE4E6C #AE604E #AE904E

triadic

#AE604E #4EAE60 #604EAE

tetradic

#AE604E #6CAE4E #4E9CAE #904EAE

square

#AE604E #6CAE4E #4E9CAE #904EAE

split-complementary

#AE604E #4EAE90 #4E6CAE

monochromatic

#593128 #84493B #AE604E #C28577 #D5ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#AE604E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AE604E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE604E

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE604E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE604E	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae604e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 96, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.106 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8e7f',
    500: '#ae604e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae604e;
$custom-light: #ca8e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae604e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.575,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.17914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE604E

secondary

#96BAC2

accent

#B8CE5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE604E

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

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