#AE794C#AE794C

#AE794C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.090 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE794C
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 76)
HSL	hsl(28, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 15.68, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 36.32, 64.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0445 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.09 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5989, 23.1972, 9.9653)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE794C #4C81AE

analogous

#AE4C50 #AE794C #AEAA4C

triadic

#AE794C #4CAE79 #794CAE

tetradic

#AE794C #50AE4C #4C81AE #AA4CAE

square

#AE794C #50AE4C #4C81AE #AA4CAE

split-complementary

#AE794C #4CAEAA #4C50AE

monochromatic

#593E27 #835B39 #AE794C #C39875 #D5B89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#AE794C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#AE794C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE794C

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE794C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE794C	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96894C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae794c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.090 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99f7f',
    500: '#ae794c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae794c;
$custom-light: #c99f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae794c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.551,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62026,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE794C

secondary

#94ADC2

accent

#99CF59

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2EE

border

#D2CCC9

text

#140E0A

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE794C

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

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