#AE896E#AE896E

#AE896E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.059 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE896E
RGB	rgb(174, 137, 110)
HSL	hsl(25, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 10.27, 19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 22.36, 62.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0318 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.059 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2165, 28.0173, 18.6178)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE896E #6E93AE

analogous

#AE6E73 #AE896E #AEA96E

triadic

#AE896E #6EAE89 #896EAE

tetradic

#AE896E #73AE6E #6E93AE #A96EAE

square

#AE896E #73AE6E #6E93AE #A96EAE

split-complementary

#AE896E #6EAEA9 #6E73AE

monochromatic

#684D3A #8F6A50 #AE896E #C4A995 #DAC9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE896E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AE896E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE896E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE896E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE896E	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)

#948C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D946E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae896e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 137, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.059 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab97',
    500: '#ae896e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae896e;
$custom-light: #c7ab97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae896e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.312,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6582,
    "c": 0.05932,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE896E

secondary

#AFBEC9

accent

#9CC563

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE896E

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

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