#AE796C#AE796C

#AE796C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.070 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE796C
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 108)
HSL	hsl(12, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 37.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 19.01, 15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 24.50, 39.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0577 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.07 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0007, 23.7579, 17.3481)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE796C #6CA1AE

analogous

#AE6C80 #AE796C #AE9A6C

triadic

#AE796C #6CAE79 #796CAE

tetradic

#AE796C #80AE6C #6CA1AE #9A6CAE

square

#AE796C #80AE6C #6CA1AE #9A6CAE

split-complementary

#AE796C #6CAE9A #6C80AE

monochromatic

#674239 #8E5B4E #AE796C #C49D93 #D9C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#AE796C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#AE796C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE796C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE796C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE796C	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae796c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.070 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a096',
    500: '#ae796c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae796c;
$custom-light: #c8a096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae796c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.818,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62653,
    "c": 0.06983,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE796C

secondary

#ADC3C9

accent

#B2C563

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F1

border

#D1CCCB

text

#130E0D

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE796C

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

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