#AE8A62#AE8A62

#AE8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.070 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A62
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(32, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 43.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 8.30, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 27.87, 72.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0251 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.07 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7497, 28.0590, 15.4545)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A62 #6286AE

analogous

#AE6462 #AE8A62 #ACAE62

triadic

#AE8A62 #62AE8A #8A62AE

tetradic

#AE8A62 #62AE64 #6286AE #AE62AC

square

#AE8A62 #62AE64 #6286AE #AE62AC

split-complementary

#AE8A62 #62ACAE #6462AE

monochromatic

#634C33 #8B6B48 #AE8A62 #C3A88A #D8C6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AE8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AE8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A62

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A62	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)

#968C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.070 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac8f',
    500: '#ae8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a62;
$custom-light: #c8ac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65778,
    "c": 0.07029,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A62

secondary

#A6B5C6

accent

#91C860

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A62

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

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