#AE8770#AE8770

#AE8770 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.058 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8770
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 112)
HSL	hsl(22, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(22, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 35.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 11.64, 18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 21.51, 57.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0359 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.058 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0450, 27.4980, 19.1039)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8770 #7097AE

analogous

#AE7078 #AE8770 #AEA670

triadic

#AE8770 #70AE87 #8770AE

tetradic

#AE8770 #78AE70 #7097AE #A670AE

square

#AE8770 #78AE70 #7097AE #A670AE

split-complementary

#AE8770 #70AEA6 #7078AE

monochromatic

#684C3B #906851 #AE8770 #C4A897 #DAC9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AE8770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8770

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8770	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.058 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aa99',
    500: '#ae8770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8770;
$custom-light: #c7aa99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65465,
    "c": 0.05825,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8770

secondary

#B0C0CA

accent

#A0C464

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8770

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

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