#AE8A5A#AE8A5A

#AE8A5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.078 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A5A
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 90)
HSL	hsl(34, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 7.46, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 31.71, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0218 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.078 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3906, 27.9154, 13.5637)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A5A #5A7EAE

analogous

#AE605A #AE8A5A #A8AE5A

triadic

#AE8A5A #5AAE8A #8A5AAE

tetradic

#AE8A5A #5AAE60 #5A7EAE #AE5AA8

square

#AE8A5A #5AAE60 #5A7EAE #AE5AA8

split-complementary

#AE8A5A #5AA8AE #605AAE

monochromatic

#5F4A2F #886A43 #AE8A5A #C2A783 #D6C4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#AE8A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A5A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A5A	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)

#978B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.078 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac89',
    500: '#ae8a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a5a;
$custom-light: #c8ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65634,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A5A

secondary

#9FAFC4

accent

#8CCA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A5A

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

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