#AE8757#AE8757

#AE8757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.080 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8757
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 8.83, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 32.63, 74.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0256 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.08 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8410, 27.0164, 12.7632)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8757 #577EAE

analogous

#AE5B57 #AE8757 #AAAE57

triadic

#AE8757 #57AE87 #8757AE

tetradic

#AE8757 #57AE5B #577EAE #AE57AA

square

#AE8757 #57AE5B #577EAE #AE57AA

split-complementary

#AE8757 #57AAAE #5B57AE

monochromatic

#5E482D #876841 #AE8757 #C2A480 #D6C2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE8757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE8757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8757

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8757	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.080 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a987',
    500: '#ae8757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8757;
$custom-light: #c8a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64975,
    "c": 0.08024,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8757

secondary

#9DAEC4

accent

#8ECB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8757

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

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