#AE685D#AE685D

#AE685D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.092 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE685D
RGB	rgb(174, 104, 93)
HSL	hsl(8, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 26.81, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 32.41, 34.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.0802 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.092 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3830, 19.6918, 12.8705)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE685D #5DA3AE

analogous

#AE5D7B #AE685D #AE905D

triadic

#AE685D #5DAE68 #685DAE

tetradic

#AE685D #7BAE5D #5DA3AE #905DAE

square

#AE685D #7BAE5D #5DA3AE #905DAE

split-complementary

#AE685D #5DAE90 #5D7BAE

monochromatic

#603730 #894E45 #AE685D #C28E86 #D7B4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#AE685D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#AE685D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE685D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE685D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE685D	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89805C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae685d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 104, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.092 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9948b',
    500: '#ae685d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae685d;
$custom-light: #c9948b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae685d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.148,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59195,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE685D

secondary

#A2C0C5

accent

#BBC95E

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140D0C

muted

#827E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE685D

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

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