#AE8772#AE8772

#AE8772 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.057 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8772
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 114)
HSL	hsl(21, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 11.90, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 20.76, 55.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0368 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.057 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1576, 27.5430, 19.6968)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8772 #7299AE

analogous

#AE727B #AE8772 #AEA572

triadic

#AE8772 #72AE87 #8772AE

tetradic

#AE8772 #7BAE72 #7299AE #A572AE

square

#AE8772 #7BAE72 #7299AE #A572AE

split-complementary

#AE8772 #72AEA5 #727BAE

monochromatic

#694C3C #906853 #AE8772 #C4A899 #DBC9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AE8772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AE8772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8772

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8772	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.057 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aa9a',
    500: '#ae8772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8772;
$custom-light: #c7aa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.05678,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8772

secondary

#B2C2CA

accent

#A2C364

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8772

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

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