#AE796D#AE796D

#AE796D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.069 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE796D
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 109)
HSL	hsl(11, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(11, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 37.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 19.14, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 24.25, 37.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0581 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.069 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0542, 23.7793, 17.6299)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE796D #6DA2AE

analogous

#AE6D81 #AE796D #AE996D

triadic

#AE796D #6DAE79 #796DAE

tetradic

#AE796D #81AE6D #6DA2AE #996DAE

square

#AE796D #81AE6D #6DA2AE #996DAE

split-complementary

#AE796D #6DAE99 #6D81AE

monochromatic

#674239 #8F5B4F #AE796D #C49D94 #DAC1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#AE796D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#AE796D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE796D

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE796D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE796D	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae796d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.069 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a096',
    500: '#ae796d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae796d;
$custom-light: #c8a096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae796d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 28.634,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62677,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE796D

secondary

#AEC4C9

accent

#B3C563

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0D

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE796D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →