#AE685C#AE685C

#AE685C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE685C
RGB	rgb(174, 104, 92)
HSL	hsl(9, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 47.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 26.71, 18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 32.64, 35.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0798 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.093 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3390, 19.6742, 12.6388)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE685C #5CA2AE

analogous

#AE5C79 #AE685C #AE915C

triadic

#AE685C #5CAE68 #685CAE

tetradic

#AE685C #79AE5C #5CA2AE #915CAE

square

#AE685C #79AE5C #5CA2AE #915CAE

split-complementary

#AE685C #5CAE91 #5C79AE

monochromatic

#603730 #894E44 #AE685C #C28E85 #D7B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#AE685C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#AE685C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE685C

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE685C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE685C	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)

#78725B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89805B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae685c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 104, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9948a',
    500: '#ae685c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae685c;
$custom-light: #c9948a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae685c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59173,
    "c": 0.09261,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE685C

secondary

#A1C0C5

accent

#BACA5E

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE685C

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

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