#AE8768#AE8768

#AE8768 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.065 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8768
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 104)
HSL	hsl(27, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 40.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 10.66, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 24.79, 64.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0326 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.065 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6192, 27.3277, 16.8614)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8768 #688FAE

analogous

#AE686C #AE8768 #AEAA68

triadic

#AE8768 #68AE87 #8768AE

tetradic

#AE8768 #6CAE68 #688FAE #AA68AE

square

#AE8768 #6CAE68 #688FAE #AA68AE

split-complementary

#AE8768 #68AEAA #686CAE

monochromatic

#654B36 #8D694C #AE8768 #C3A790 #D9C6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AE8768 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AE8768 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8768

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8768	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8768	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938A66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8768;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.065 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aa93',
    500: '#ae8768',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8768;
$custom-light: #c8aa93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8768",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.571,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65293,
    "c": 0.06475,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8768

secondary

#AABBC8

accent

#9AC661

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F1

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8768

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

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