#AE8A5E#AE8A5E

#AE8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.074 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A5E
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(33, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 7.87, 28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 29.78, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0235 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.074 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5655, 27.9854, 14.4846)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A5E #5E82AE

analogous

#AE625E #AE8A5E #AAAE5E

triadic

#AE8A5E #5EAE8A #8A5EAE

tetradic

#AE8A5E #5EAE62 #5E82AE #AE5EAA

square

#AE8A5E #5EAE62 #5E82AE #AE5EAA

split-complementary

#AE8A5E #5EAAAE #625EAE

monochromatic

#614B31 #8A6B45 #AE8A5E #C2A887 #D7C5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AE8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A5E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A5E	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F945F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.074 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac8c',
    500: '#ae8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a5e;
$custom-light: #c8ac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65704,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A5E

secondary

#A3B2C5

accent

#8FC95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A5E

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

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