#AE896D#AE896D

#AE896D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.060 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE896D
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 109)
HSL	hsl(26, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 37.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 10.14, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 22.78, 63.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0314 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.06 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1624, 27.9956, 18.3327)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE896D #6D92AE

analogous

#AE6D71 #AE896D #AEA96D

triadic

#AE896D #6DAE89 #896DAE

tetradic

#AE896D #71AE6D #6D92AE #A96DAE

square

#AE896D #71AE6D #6D92AE #A96DAE

split-complementary

#AE896D #6DAEA9 #6D71AE

monochromatic

#674D39 #8F6B4F #AE896D #C4A994 #DAC9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE896D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AE896D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE896D

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE896D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE896D	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)

#948C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D946D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae896d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.060 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab97',
    500: '#ae896d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae896d;
$custom-light: #c7ab97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae896d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.846,
    "s": 28.634,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65799,
    "c": 0.06017,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE896D

secondary

#AEBDC9

accent

#9BC563

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE896D

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

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