#AE8A5B#AE8A5B

#AE8A5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.077 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A5B
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(34, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 7.56, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 31.23, 76.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0223 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.077 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4335, 27.9326, 13.7894)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A5B #5B7FAE

analogous

#AE615B #AE8A5B #A9AE5B

triadic

#AE8A5B #5BAE8A #8A5BAE

tetradic

#AE8A5B #5BAE61 #5B7FAE #AE5BA9

square

#AE8A5B #5BAE61 #5B7FAE #AE5BA9

split-complementary

#AE8A5B #5BA9AE #615BAE

monochromatic

#5F4B2F #886A43 #AE8A5B #C2A784 #D6C4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AE8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A5B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A5B	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.077 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac8a',
    500: '#ae8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a5b;
$custom-light: #c8ac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.976,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65651,
    "c": 0.07707,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A5B

secondary

#A0B0C5

accent

#8DCA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A5B

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

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