#AE8879#AE8879

#AE8879 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.052 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8879
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 12.27, 13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 18.32, 47.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0381 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.052 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7115, 27.9889, 21.9228)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8879 #799FAE

analogous

#AE7984 #AE8879 #AEA279

triadic

#AE8879 #79AE88 #8879AE

tetradic

#AE8879 #84AE79 #799FAE #A279AE

square

#AE8879 #84AE79 #799FAE #A279AE

split-complementary

#AE8879 #79AEA2 #7984AE

monochromatic

#6C4D41 #926858 #AE8879 #C5AA9F #DCCCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE8879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AE8879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8879

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8879	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.052 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aa9f',
    500: '#ae8879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8879;
$custom-light: #c7aa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65876,
    "c": 0.05169,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8879

secondary

#B7C6CC

accent

#A8C167

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8879

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

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