#AE835E#AE835E

#AE835E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.074 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE835E
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 11.78, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 28.90, 65.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0351 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.074 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5934, 26.0411, 14.1606)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE835E #5E89AE

analogous

#AE5E61 #AE835E #AEAB5E

triadic

#AE835E #5EAE83 #835EAE

tetradic

#AE835E #61AE5E #5E89AE #AB5EAE

square

#AE835E #61AE5E #5E89AE #AB5EAE

split-complementary

#AE835E #5EAEAB #5E61AE

monochromatic

#614731 #8A6545 #AE835E #C2A287 #D7C2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#AE835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE835E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE835E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90865B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.074 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a78c',
    500: '#ae835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae835e;
$custom-light: #c8a78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.75,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64298,
    "c": 0.07381,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE835E

secondary

#A3B5C5

accent

#98C95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#130F0C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE835E

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