#AE8A61#AE8A61

#AE8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.071 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A61
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(32, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 8.19, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 28.35, 73.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0247 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.071 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7027, 28.0403, 15.2074)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A61 #6185AE

analogous

#AE6361 #AE8A61 #ACAE61

triadic

#AE8A61 #61AE8A #8A61AE

tetradic

#AE8A61 #61AE63 #6185AE #AE61AC

square

#AE8A61 #61AE63 #6185AE #AE61AC

split-complementary

#AE8A61 #61ACAE #6361AE

monochromatic

#624C32 #8B6B47 #AE8A61 #C3A889 #D7C6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AE8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A61

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A61	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.071 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac8e',
    500: '#ae8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a61;
$custom-light: #c8ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.948,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65759,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A61

secondary

#A5B4C6

accent

#90C85F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A61

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

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