#AE836C#AE836C

#AE836C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.063 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE836C
RGB	rgb(174, 131, 108)
HSL	hsl(21, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 37.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, 13.38, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 23.13, 54.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0409 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.063 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2795, 26.3156, 17.7743)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE836C #6C97AE

analogous

#AE6C76 #AE836C #AEA46C

triadic

#AE836C #6CAE83 #836CAE

tetradic

#AE836C #76AE6C #6C97AE #A46CAE

square

#AE836C #76AE6C #6C97AE #A46CAE

split-complementary

#AE836C #6CAEA4 #6C76AE

monochromatic

#674939 #8E654E #AE836C #C4A493 #D9C6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#AE836C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#AE836C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE836C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE836C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE836C	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F876A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99906C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae836c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 131, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.063 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a796',
    500: '#ae836c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae836c;
$custom-light: #c7a796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae836c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.909,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64585,
    "c": 0.06279,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE836C

secondary

#ADBFC9

accent

#A3C563

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#130F0D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE836C

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

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