#AE855B#AE855B

#AE855B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.076 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE855B
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(30, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(30, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 10.35, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 30.46, 70.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0305 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.076 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7326, 26.5308, 13.5557)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE855B #5B84AE

analogous

#AE5B5B #AE855B #AEAE5B

triadic

#AE855B #5BAE85 #855BAE

tetradic

#AE855B #5BAE5B #5B84AE #AE5BAE

square

#AE855B #5BAE5B #5B84AE #AE5BAE

split-complementary

#AE855B #5BAEAE #5B5BAE

monochromatic

#5F482F #886643 #AE855B #C2A384 #D6C2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#AE855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#AE855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE855B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE855B	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C915C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.076 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a88a',
    500: '#ae855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae855b;
$custom-light: #c8a88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.361,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64642,
    "c": 0.07637,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE855B

secondary

#A0B2C5

accent

#93CA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#130F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE855B

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

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