#AE8A5D#AE8A5D

#AE8A5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.075 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A5D
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 93)
HSL	hsl(33, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 7.76, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 30.26, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0231 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.075 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5209, 27.9675, 14.2498)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A5D #5D81AE

analogous

#AE625D #AE8A5D #AAAE5D

triadic

#AE8A5D #5DAE8A #8A5DAE

tetradic

#AE8A5D #5DAE62 #5D81AE #AE5DAA

square

#AE8A5D #5DAE62 #5D81AE #AE5DAA

split-complementary

#AE8A5D #5DAAAE #625DAE

monochromatic

#604B30 #896B45 #AE8A5D #C2A786 #D7C5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE8A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AE8A5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A5D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A5D	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)

#978B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.075 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac8b',
    500: '#ae8a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a5d;
$custom-light: #c8ac8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.07513,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A5D

secondary

#A2B1C5

accent

#8EC95E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A5D

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

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