#AE8656#AE8656

#AE8656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.081 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8656
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 9.29, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 32.95, 73.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0268 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.081 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6616, 26.7225, 12.5033)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8656 #567EAE

analogous

#AE5A56 #AE8656 #AAAE56

triadic

#AE8656 #56AE86 #8656AE

tetradic

#AE8656 #56AE5A #567EAE #AE56AA

square

#AE8656 #56AE5A #567EAE #AE56AA

split-complementary

#AE8656 #56AAAE #5A56AE

monochromatic

#5D472D #866740 #AE8656 #C2A47F #D6C1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#AE8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#AE8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8656

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8656	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.081 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a986',
    500: '#ae8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8656;
$custom-light: #c8a986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64757,
    "c": 0.08102,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8656

secondary

#9CAEC3

accent

#8FCB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#130F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8656

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

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