#AE855E#AE855E

#AE855E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.074 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE855E
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(29, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 10.66, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 29.08, 68.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.0317 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.074 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8646, 26.5836, 14.2510)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE855E #5E87AE

analogous

#AE5E5F #AE855E #AEAD5E

triadic

#AE855E #5EAE85 #855EAE

tetradic

#AE855E #5FAE5E #5E87AE #AD5EAE

square

#AE855E #5FAE5E #5E87AE #AD5EAE

split-complementary

#AE855E #5EAEAD #5E5FAE

monochromatic

#614831 #8A6745 #AE855E #C2A487 #D7C3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AE855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#AE855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE855E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE855E	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92875B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C915F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.074 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a88c',
    500: '#ae855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae855e;
$custom-light: #c8a88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.25,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64697,
    "c": 0.07368,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE855E

secondary

#A3B4C5

accent

#95C95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#130F0C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE855E

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

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