#AE8A58#AE8A58

#AE8A58 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.080 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A58
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 88)
HSL	hsl(35, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 49.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 7.26, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 32.69, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.021 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.08 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3067, 27.8818, 13.1214)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A58 #587CAE

analogous

#AE5F58 #AE8A58 #A7AE58

triadic

#AE8A58 #58AE8A #8A58AE

tetradic

#AE8A58 #58AE5F #587CAE #AE58A7

square

#AE8A58 #58AE5F #587CAE #AE58A7

split-complementary

#AE8A58 #58A7AE #5F58AE

monochromatic

#5E4A2E #876A42 #AE8A58 #C2A781 #D6C4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#AE8A58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A58

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A58	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.080 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac88',
    500: '#ae8a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a58;
$custom-light: #c8ac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.884,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.656,
    "c": 0.07999,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A58

secondary

#9EAEC4

accent

#8BCB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A58

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

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