#AE8765#AE8765

#AE8765 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.067 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8765
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 101)
HSL	hsl(28, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 42%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 10.31, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 26.11, 66.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0313 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.067 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4695, 27.2678, 16.0731)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8765 #658CAE

analogous

#AE6568 #AE8765 #AEAC65

triadic

#AE8765 #65AE87 #8765AE

tetradic

#AE8765 #68AE65 #658CAE #AC65AE

square

#AE8765 #68AE65 #658CAE #AC65AE

split-complementary

#AE8765 #65AEAC #6568AE

monochromatic

#644B35 #8C694A #AE8765 #C3A68D #D8C6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AE8765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8765

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8765	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.067 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aa91',
    500: '#ae8765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8765;
$custom-light: #c8aa91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.945,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65232,
    "c": 0.06737,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8765

secondary

#A8B8C7

accent

#97C761

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8765

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

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