#AE894E#AE894E

#AE894E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.089 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE894E
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 6.89, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 37.35, 79.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0188 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.089 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7777, 27.4417, 11.0400)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE894E #4E73AE

analogous

#AE594E #AE894E #A3AE4E

triadic

#AE894E #4EAE89 #894EAE

tetradic

#AE894E #4EAE59 #4E73AE #AE4EA3

square

#AE894E #4EAE59 #4E73AE #AE4EA3

split-complementary

#AE894E #4EA3AE #594EAE

monochromatic

#594628 #84683B #AE894E #C2A577 #D5C1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE894E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AE894E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE894E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE894E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE894E	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae894e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.089 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab81',
    500: '#ae894e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae894e;
$custom-light: #c9ab81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae894e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6524,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE894E

secondary

#96A7C2

accent

#87CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE894E

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

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