#AE8A56#AE8A56

#AE8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.082 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A56
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 7.06, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 33.66, 77.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0202 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.082 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2250, 27.8492, 12.6911)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A56 #567AAE

analogous

#AE5E56 #AE8A56 #A6AE56

triadic

#AE8A56 #56AE8A #8A56AE

tetradic

#AE8A56 #56AE5E #567AAE #AE56A6

square

#AE8A56 #56AE5E #567AAE #AE56A6

split-complementary

#AE8A56 #56A6AE #5E56AE

monochromatic

#5D492D #866A40 #AE8A56 #C2A77F #D6C3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AE8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AE8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A56

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A56	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.082 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac86',
    500: '#ae8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a56;
$custom-light: #c8ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65567,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A56

secondary

#9CACC3

accent

#8ACB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A56

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

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