#AE8A60#AE8A60

#AE8A60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.072 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A60
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(32, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 8.08, 27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 28.82, 73.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0243 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.072 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6564, 28.0217, 14.9634)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A60 #6084AE

analogous

#AE6360 #AE8A60 #ABAE60

triadic

#AE8A60 #60AE8A #8A60AE

tetradic

#AE8A60 #60AE63 #6084AE #AE60AB

square

#AE8A60 #60AE63 #6084AE #AE60AB

split-complementary

#AE8A60 #60ABAE #6360AE

monochromatic

#624C32 #8A6B46 #AE8A60 #C3A889 #D7C6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AE8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A60

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A60	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)

#978B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.072 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac8d',
    500: '#ae8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a60;
$custom-light: #c8ac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6574,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A60

secondary

#A4B4C6

accent

#90C95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A60

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

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