#AE685B#AE685B

#AE685B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE685B
RGB	rgb(174, 104, 91)
HSL	hsl(9, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 26.60, 19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 32.88, 35.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.0794 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.093 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2956, 19.6568, 12.4101)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE685B #5BA1AE

analogous

#AE5B77 #AE685B #AE925B

triadic

#AE685B #5BAE68 #685BAE

tetradic

#AE685B #77AE5B #5BA1AE #925BAE

square

#AE685B #77AE5B #5BA1AE #925BAE

split-complementary

#AE685B #5BAE92 #5B77AE

monochromatic

#5F372F #884E43 #AE685B #C28E84 #D6B3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#AE685B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#AE685B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE685B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE685B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE685B	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89805A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae685b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 104, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99489',
    500: '#ae685b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae685b;
$custom-light: #c99489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae685b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.398,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59151,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE685B

secondary

#A0BFC5

accent

#B9CA5E

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE685B

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

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