#AE8778#AE8778

#AE8778 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.053 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8778
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 120)
HSL	hsl(17, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 31%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 12.70, 13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 18.74, 47.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0393 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.053 42)
XYZ	xyz(29.5103, 27.6841, 21.5548)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8778 #789FAE

analogous

#AE7884 #AE8778 #AEA278

triadic

#AE8778 #78AE87 #8778AE

tetradic

#AE8778 #84AE78 #789FAE #A278AE

square

#AE8778 #84AE78 #789FAE #A278AE

split-complementary

#AE8778 #78AEA2 #7884AE

monochromatic

#6B4C40 #916757 #AE8778 #C5A99E #DCCBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AE8778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AE8778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8778

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8778	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.053 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aa9f',
    500: '#ae8778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8778;
$custom-light: #c7aa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65653,
    "c": 0.0529,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.27683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8778

secondary

#B6C6CC

accent

#A8C166

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8778

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

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